Carterocephalus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Hesperiidae
- Genus
- Carterocephalus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Carterocephalus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Carterocephalus
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.
...Carterocephalus in languages:
- Estonian
- kuldpunnpead
- Finnish
- täplähiipijät
- Japanese
- タカネキマダラセセリ属
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
Child Taxa
- Carterocephalus abax
- Carterocephalus alcina
- Carterocephalus alcinoides
- Carterocephalus argyrostigma
- Carterocephalus avanti
- Carterocephalus christophi
- Carterocephalus dieckmanni
- Carterocephalus flavomaculatus
- Carterocephalus gemmatus
- Carterocephalus houangty
- Carterocephalus longimaculatus
- Carterocephalus mandan
- Carterocephalus micio
- Carterocephalus niveomaculatus
- Carterocephalus palaemon
- Carterocephalus pulchra
- Carterocephalus silvicola
- Carterocephalus skada