Carterocephalus

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Carterocephalus
Chequered Skipper
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Heteropterinae
Genus: Carterocephalus
Lederer, 1852
Carterocephalus Species & subspecies

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Carterocephalus is a genus in the Skippers butterfly family, Hesperiidae.

Examples of Carterocephalus species and subspecies:

  • Carterocephalus alcinus (Evans 1939)
  • Carterocephalus argyrostigma (Eversmann 1851)
  • Carterocephalus avanti - Orange and Silver Mountain Hopper
  • Carterocephalus canopunctatus (Nabokov 1941)
  • Carterocephalus dieckmanni (Graesser 1888)
  • Carterocephalus palaemon (Pallas 1771) - Chequered Skipper
  • Carterocephalus silvicola (Meigen 1829) - Northern Chequered Skipper
  • Carterocephalus silvicolus
    • Carterocephalus silvicolus ssp malaisei
    • Carterocephalus silvicolus ssp trybomi
    • Carterocephalus silvicolus ssp virilis Nordstrom

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