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Carterocephalus Lederer, 1852

Carterocephalus Lederer, 1852; Verh. zool.-bot. Ver. Wien 2: 26, TS: Papilio paniscus Fabricius
Aubertia Oberthür, 1896; Étud. d'Ent. 20 : 40, TS: Aubertia dulcis Oberthür
Pamphilida Lindsey, 1925; Ann. ent. Soc. Amer. 18: 95, TS: Papilio palaemon Pallas

Carterocephalus palaemon (Pallas, 1771)

EU, AN, AC, Japan. See [About maps] Keltatäplähiipijä Chequered Skipper Arctic Skipper Arctic Skipperling Gulfläckig glanssmygare Schacksmygare Gelbwürfeliger Dickkopffalter L'Echiquier Kosternik palemon
Papilio palaemon Pallas, 1771; Reise Russ. Reich. 1: 471
Papilio paniscus Fabricius, 1775; Syst. Ent.: 531
brontes (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Carterocephalus palaemon [ALBERTA]
Carterocephalus palaemon [BAMONA]
Carterocephalus palaemon [Kimmo Silvonen]
Carterocephalus palaemon [SVF]
Carterocephalus palaemon [NORLEP]
Carterocephalus palaemon [Simon Coombes]
Pamphila palaemon ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 48
Carterocephalus palaemon ; [BOW: pl. 11, f. 12]; [BRU, 124]; [NACL, #3982]; [MRS, 724]; [BOC, 66]; [Opler]; [Otakar Kudrna]

700x584 (~61Kb) upperside Finland, Sotkamo, Lontanniemi 712:54, 21.6.1997, Photo © Tero Piirainen	600x580 (~39Kb) underside Finland, Sotkamo, Kontinjoki 711:54, 21.6.1997, Photo © Tero Piirainen	600x520 (~53Kb) upperside USA: Bridge Creek Trailhead, North Cascades Highway, (48°30'30N 120°43'00W), Chelan Co., WA, 28.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela
700x542 (~49Kb) upperside USA: Near Crystal Mtn, (46°57'51N 121°28'55W), Pierce Co., WA, 27.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela	478x604 (~52Kb) underside Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Maulbronn, Waldgebiet S Köpfle (8° 50' E, 49° 01' N, 300m), 13.05.2000 (on Lychnis flos-cuculi), Photo © Karl Hofsäß	1292x1280 (~179Kb) underside Canada, British Columbia, Brilliant, 1.5.2005, Photo © Norbert Kondla
480x456 (~71Kb) Russia, Kaluga area (35°45'E, 54°23'N), 11.6.206, Photo © D. Smirnov

Larva on Calamagrostis purpurea? [SPRK]

Larva on Bromus, Cynosurus cristatus, Brachypodium, Calamagrostis [BRU]

Larva on Calamagrostis purpurascens [NAB]

C. p. albiguttata Christoph, 1893

Ural - Siberia - Far East palaemon albiguttata Christoph, 1893; Dt. Ent. Zeit. Iris, 6 (1) : 87
taigana Kurenzov, 1970
australis Kurenzov, 1941
Carterocephalus palaemon albiguttatus ; [MRS, 724]

502x365 (~18Kb) A bushy meadow on the second right bank terrace of the Koen River at the mouth of the Volchikha Rivulet, just downstream of the village Nizhnii Koen, Iskitim District, Novosibirsk Province, West Siberia, Russia. 6th June 1993 (C. silvicolus wings closed at left), Photo © Oleg Kosterin

472x720 (~80Kb) upperside A valley meadow in a birch forest in the Shadrikha Rivulet valley 2 km upstream of the village Melnichikha, Novosibirsk District and Province, West Siberia, Russia. 27th May 1995 (with C. silvicola below), Photo © Oleg Kosterin

533x400 (~39Kb) underside male An open birch forest in the Zyryanka Rivulet valley near its fall into the Novosibirsk Water Reserve. 29th May 1997, on Geranium sylvaticum L. Photo © Oleg Kosterin

C. p. satakei (Matsumura, 1919)

Japan palaemon satakei (Matsumura, 1919) (Pamphila); Thous. Ins. Japan. Addit. 3: 669

C. p. akaishianus Fujioka, 1970

Japan

C. p. mandan (Edwards, 1863)

Canada palaemon mandan (Edwards, 1863) (Hesperia); Proc. ent. Soc. Philad. 2 (1): 20, TL: Pine Ridge, Manitoba
mesapano (Scudder, 1868) (Hesperia); Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 11: 389
Carterocephalus palaemon mandan [BOA]
Carterocephalus palaemon mesapano ;
Carterocephalus palaemon mandan ; [NACL, #3982a]; [BOC, 66]

C. p. skada (Edwards, 1870)

Cascades? - Alaska palaemon skada (Edwards, 1870); , TL: Kodiak, Alaska
skada (Edwards, 1871); (preocc. Edwards, 1870)
Carterocephalus palaemon skada [BOA]
Carterocephalus palaemon skada ; [BOC, 66]

C. p. magnus Tilden & Emmel, 1998

?, British Columbia - California Carterocephalus palaemon magnus Tilden & Emmel, 1998; , TL: Plantation, Sonoma Co., California
Carterocephalus palaemon magnus ; [BOC, 66]

Carterocephalus silvicola (Meigen, 1829)

Fennoscandia, Siberia, Amurland, Kamschatka, Japan. See [About maps] Mustatäplähiipijä Northern Checquered Skipper Svartfläckig glanssmygare Fläcksmygare Kosternik leśniak
silvicola (Meigen, 1829); Syst. Beschr. eur. Schmett. 2: 65, pl. 55, f. 7A-C
silvius Knoch, 1781
Carterocephalus silvicola [Kimmo Silvonen]
Carterocephalus silvicola [SVF]
Carterocephalus silvicola [NORLEP]
Carterocephalus silvicola ; [BRU, 124]; [MRS, 724]
Carterocephalus silvicolus ; [BOW: pl. 11, f. 13]; [Otakar Kudrna]
sylvius ;
?sylvicola ;

600x374 (~29Kb) FINLAND: Ab: Suomusjärvi, 669:31, 21.6.1996, Photo © Markku Savela	900x700 (~129Kb) underside male FINLAND, Ab: Suomusjärvi, 669:31, 28.5.2000, Photo © Markku Savela	600x533 (~39Kb) FINLAND: Ab: Suomusjärvi, 669:31, 21.6.1996, Photo © Markku Savela
500x537 (~40Kb) upperside female Finland, Lempäälä, Koipijärvi, 6816:331, 24.6.1996, Photo © Tero Piirainen	520x600 (~36Kb) upperside male Finland, Kajaani, Kiviranta 711:54, 21.6.1997, Photo © Tero Piirainen	497x750 (~39Kb) upperside male Sipoo 670:39, 07.06.1981, Photo © Pertti Pakkanen
464x500 (~32Kb) upperside female Alpinotype meadow patches among sparce dwarf alder growth 3 km SE of the top or the mountain Yagodnaya, the Khalzan mountain range, 600 m above sea level, 55 km SW of Petropavlovsk- Kamchatskii, S Kamchatka, Russia. 16th August 1992 (on Saussuraea), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	500x304 (~15Kb) upperside male Open birch/pine forest in the Zyryanka Rivulet valley, Akademgorodok [Academy Town], Novosibirsk, West Siberia, Russia. 8th June 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

Larva on Gramineae, Calamagrostis purpurea, Elytrigia repens [SPRK]

Larva on Bromus, Cynosurus, Milium effusum [BRU]

Carterocephalus argyrostigma (Eversmann, 1851)

S.Siberia, Mongolia, NE.China. See [About maps] argyrostigma (Eversmann, 1851); Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 24 (2): 624, TL: Irkutsk, Kyakhta, Transbaikalia
argenteogutta Butler, 1870
Carterocephalus argyrostigma ; [BOW: pl. 207, f. 23]; [BRU, 124]

800x600 (~76Kb) upperside A meadow steppe, at granite rocks, on a moderate elevation Adon-Chelon, 10 km NNW of the village Tasyrkhoi, SE Chita Province (Dahuria), Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 21st June 1995, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

533x400 (~34Kb) underside A meadow steppe, at granite rocks, on a moderate elevation Adon-Chelon, 10 km NNW of the village Tasyrkhoi, SE Chita Province (Dahuria), Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 21st June 1995, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

Carterocephalus dieckmanni Graeser, 1888

NE.China - S.China, Amur, Ussuri - N.Burma. See [About maps] Carterocephalus dieckmanni Graeser, 1888; Berl. Ent. Ztg. 32: 102, TL: Vladivostok, Ussuri region
Carterocephalus dieckmanni [SZMN]
Carterocephalus dieckmanni ; [BOW: pl. 207, f. 28 (text)]; [BRU, 125]; [MRS, 724]

C. d. gemmatus Leech, 1891

Carterocephalus dieckmanni gemmatus Leech, 1891; Entomologist 24 (Suppl.): 59
Carterocephalus dieckmanni gemmatus ; [MRS, 724]

C. d. minor (Evans)

Carterocephalus dieckmanni minor ; [MRS, 724]

Carterocephalus christophi Grum-Grshimailo, 1891

Tibet. See [About maps] Carterocephalus christophi Grum-Grshimailo, 1891; Horae Soc. ent. Ross. 25 (3-4): 460
Aubertia dulcis Oberthür, 1896; Étud. d'Ent. 20 : 40, pl. 9, f. 16♂
Carterocephalus christophi ; [BOW: pl. 207, 28 (text)]; [MRS, 724]

C. c. tibetanus (South, 1913)

christophi tibetanus (South, 1913) (Aubertia); J. Bomb. nat. Hist. Soc. 22 (3): 612
Carterocephalus christophi tibetanus ; [MRS, 724]

Carterocephalus alcina Evans, 1939

Yunnan. See [About maps] Carterocephalus alcina Evans, 1939; Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B) 8 (8): 164 [?]
Carterocephalus alcinus [SZMN]
Carterocephalus alcinus ;

Carterocephalus alcinoides Lee, 1962

Yunnan. See [About maps] Carterocephalus alcinoides Lee, 1962; Acta ent. sin. 11 (1): 141, 146
Carterocephalus alcinoides ; [MRS, 724]

Carterocephalus avanti (de Nicéville, 1886)

Tibet, W.China. See [About maps] Pamphila avanti de Nicéville, 1886; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal (2) 55: 255
Carterocephalus avanti ; [BOW: pl. 207, f. 24]

Carterocephalus flavomaculatus Oberthür, 1886

W.China, Tibet. See [About maps] Carterocephalus flavomaculatus Oberthür, 1886; Étud. d'Ent. 11 : 27
Carterocephalus flavomaculatus ; [BOW: pl. 207, f. 28 (text)]

Carterocephalus houangty Oberthür, 1886

W.China. See [About maps] Carterocephalus houangty Oberthür, 1886; Étud. d'Ent. 11 : 27
Carterocephalus houangty ; [BOW: pl. 207, f. 25]

C. h. shoka Evans, 1915

SE.Tibet Carterocephalus houangty shoka Evans, 1915; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 23: 546
Carterocephalus houangty shoka ; Huang, 2001

C. h. jiuzaikouensis Yoshino, 2001

N.Sichuan Carterocephalus houangty jiuzaikouensis Yoshino, 2001; Futao 38: 12, pl. 3, f. 5-6, 9-10, TL: Jiuzaikou Valley, Nanping, SE. Minshan, N.Sichuan
Carterocephalus houangty jiuzaikouensis ; Yoshino, 2003, Futao 43: 10 (note)

C. h. zorgensis Yoshino, 2003

N.Sichuan Carterocephalus houangty zorgensis Yoshino, 2003; Futao 43: 10, f. 33-34, TL: 70km NW of Songpan town, 3500m, SE.Minshan, N. Sichuan

Carterocephalus micio Oberthür, 1891

China. See [About maps] Carterocephalus micio Oberthür, 1891; Étud. d'Ent. 15 : 19
Carterocephalus micio ; [BOW: pl. 207, f. 26]

Carterocephalus niveomaculatus Oberthür, 1886

Tibet, W.China, S.China. See [About maps] Carterocephalus niveomaculatus Oberthür, 1886; Étud. d'Ent. 11 : 27
Carterocephalus niveomaculatus ; [BOW: pl. 207, f. 28]

Carterocephalus pulchra (Leech, 1891)

Tibet, W.China. See [About maps] Pamphila pulchra Leech, 1891; Entomologist 24 (Suppl.): 59
Carterocephalus pulchra ; [BOW: pl. 207, f. 27]

Carterocephalus abax Oberthür, 1886

E.Tibet. See [About maps] Carterocephalus abax Oberthür, 1886; Étud. d'Ent. 11 : 27, pl. 5, f. 27

Carterocephalus habaensis Yoshino, 1997

Yunnan. See [About maps] Carteocepharus[sic] habaensis Yoshino, 1997; Neo Lepidoptera 2: 8, f. 54-55, 64, TL: Zhondian, 3000m, N. Yunnan

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References:

[ALBERTA]

University of Alberta, E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum; Browse Entomology Collection

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

[BAMONA]

Paul Opler, Harry Pavulaan, Ray Stanford, Michael Pogue; Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node

[BOA]

Interactive Listing of American Butterflies; Listado Interactivo de la Mariposas Americanas; Butterflies of America

[BOC]

Robert Michael Pyle, 2002; The Butterflies of Cascadia

[BOW]

Lewis, H. L., 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X

[BRU]

Tuzov, Bogdanov, Devyatkin, Kaabak, Korolev, Murzin, Samodurov, Tarasov, 1997; Guide to the Butterflies of Russia and adjacent territories; Hesperiidae, Papilionidae, Pieridae, Satyridae; Volume 1

[D. Smirnov]

Russia, Moscow; e-mail: D. Smirnov

[Karl Hofsäß]

Karl Hofsaess; e-mail: Karl Hofsäß

[Kimmo Silvonen]

Espoo, Finland; Kimmo's Lep Site

[MRS]

Chou Io (Ed.); Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium, 1-2

[NAB]

Pyle, R. M.; National Audubon Society: Field Guide to North American Butterflies; 1981; ISBN 0-394-51914-0

[NACL]

Hodges, Ronald W. (ed.), 1983; Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico

[NORLEP]

Norges Sommerfugler

[Norbert Kondla]

Canada, BC; e-mail: Norbert Kondla

[Oleg Kosterin]

Institue of Cytology & Genetics; Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk; e-mail: Oleg Kosterin; http://pisum.bionet.nsc.ru/kosterin/

[Opler]

Opler & Warren, 2003 (April); Butterflies of North America. 2. Scientific Names List for Butterfly Species of North America, north of Mexico.

[Pertti Pakkanen]

e-mail: Pertti Pakkanen; Butterfly and moth observations from Finland

[SPRK]

Seppänen, E. J, 1970; Suomen suurperhostoukkien ravintokasvit, Animalia Fennica 14

[SVF]

Svenska fjärilar; Naturhistoriska riksmuseet; (Sweden)

[SZMN]

Lepidoptera; Siberian Zoological Museum

[Simon Coombes]

1 Park Street, Plymouth, PL3 4BL, UK; 01752 607854; e-mail: Simon Coombes; http://www.butterfly-guide.co.uk

[Tero Piirainen]

Tampere, Finland; e-mail: Tero Piirainen

Some related literature:

Christoph, 1893

Lepidoptera Nova Faunae Palaearcticae Dt. Ent. Zeit. Iris, 6 (1) : 86-96

Dyar, 1903

A List of North American Lepidoptera and Key to the Literature of this Order of Insects Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: xix, 723pp

Edwards, 1863

Descriptions of certain species of diurnal Lepidoptera, found within the limits of the United States and British America. (1) Proc. ent. Soc. Philad. 2 (1): 14-22, pl. 1

Evans, 1915

A list of butterflies caught by Capt. F. M. Bailey in S. E. Thibet during 1913 J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 23: 532-546, 1pl, 1map

Eversmann, 1851

Description de quelques nouvelles espéce de Lépidoptéres de la Russie Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 24 (2): 610-644

Fabricius, 1775

Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, Adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. Syst. Ent.: 832pp

Graeser, 1888

Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Lepidopteren-Fauna des Amurlandes Berl. Ent. Ztg. 32: 33-153 (1888), 309-414 (1889?)

Grum-Grshimailo, 1891

Lepidoptera nova in Asia centrali novissime lecta et descripta Horae Soc. ent. Ross. 25 (3-4): 445-465

Lee, 1962

Some new species of Rhopalocera in China 2 Acta ent. sin. 11 (1): 139-148, pl. 1-6

Matsumura, 1919

Thousand Insects of Japan. Additamenta 3 Thous. Ins. Japan. Addit. 3: 99-100? [4], 475-740, 1-34, +3, +2, pl. 26-53 + explics

Meigen, 1829

Systematische Beschreibung der europäischen Schmetterlinge; mit Abbildungen auf Steintafeln Syst. Beschr. eur. Schmett. 2: VI+212, pl. 43-80 (?1829-1830)

Oberthür, 1886

Espèces Nouvelles de Lépidoptères du Thibet / Nouveaux Lépidoptères du Thibet Étud. d'Ent. 11 : 13-38, pl. 1-7

Oberthür, 1891

Nouveaux Lépidoptères d'Asie Étud. d'Ent. 15 : 7-25, pl. 1-3

Pallas, 1771

Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des Russischen Reichs in den Jahren 1768-1774 Reise Russ. Reich. 1: 1-504, 23pls

South, 1913

A list of butterflies collected by Captain F.M. Bailey in western China, south-eastern Tibet, and the Mishimi hills, 1911 J. Bomb. nat. Hist. Soc. 22 (3): 598-615

Yoshino, 1997

New Butterflies from China 2 Neo Lepidoptera 2: 1-8

Yoshino, 2001

New Butterflies from China 6 Futao 38: 9-17

Yoshino, 2003

New butterflies from China 8 Futao 43: 6-19

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Keep in mind that the taxonomic information is copied from various sources, and may include many inaccuracies. Expert help is welcome.