Carterocephalus

Carterocephalus
	Chequered skipper
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Subfamily:	Heteropterinae
Genus:	Carterocephalus; Lederer, 1852
Species
	See text

Carterocephalus is a Holarctic genus of skipperlings in the skipper family, Hesperiidae.

The wing colour is yellow, white, dark-brown and black with a variously spotted appearance. The hindwing upperside is dark with clear cut rounded lighter spots. The majority of species are endemic to China.

Species[edit]

Listed alphabetically:^[1]

Carterocephalus abax Oberthür, 1886 - Tibet
Carterocephalus alcinoides Lee, 1962 - Yunnan
Carterocephalus alcina Evans, 1939 - Yunnan
Carterocephalus argyrostigma (Eversmann, 1851) - Siberia, Mongolia and China
Carterocephalus avanti (de Nicéville, 1886) – orange and silver mountain hopper – Tibet
Carterocephalus canopunctatus (Nabokov 1941)
Carterocephalus christophi Grum-Grshimailo, 1891 - Tibet, western China
Carterocephalus dieckmanni Graesser, 1888 - China
Carterocephalus flavomaculatus Oberthür, 1886 - Tibet, West China
Carterocephalus gemmatus Leech, 1891^[2]
Carterocephalus habaensis Yoshino, 1997 - Yunnan
Carterocephalus houangty Oberthür, 1886 - Tibet, western China
Carterocephalus mandan Oberthür, 1891^[2]
Carterocephalus micio Oberthür, 1891 - China
Carterocephalus niveomaculatus Oberthür, 1886 - Tibet, West and South China
Carterocephalus palaemon (Pallas, 1771) – chequered skipper
Carterocephalus pulchra (Leech, 1891) - Tibet, western China
Carterocephalus silvicola (Meigen, 1829) – northern chequered skipper
Carterocephalus skada (W. H. Edwards, 1870) Arctic skipper, arctic skipperling