Carterocephalus silvicola

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Carterocephalus silvicola
Northern chequered skipper (Carterocephalus silvicola) male.jpg
male
Northern chequered skipper (Carterocephalus silvicola) female underside.jpg
both in Estonia
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Carterocephalus
Species:
C. silvicola
Binomial name
Carterocephalus silvicola
Meigen, 1829
Synonyms
  • Carterocephalus silvicolus (Meigen, 1771)
  • Carterocephalus silvius (Knoch, 1781)

Carterocephalus silvicola, the northern chequered skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae.[1] It is found in northern Europe and north and east Asia.[2]

Mounted

The butterfly flies from May to June depending on the location.

The larvae feed on various grasses.

References

  1. ^ Jeong, Su Yeon; Kim, Min Jee; Jeong, Na Ra; Kim, Iksoo (2019-07-03). "Complete mitochondrial genome of the silver stripped skipper, Leptalina unicolor (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae)". Mitochondrial DNA Part B. 4 (2): 3418–3420. doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1674725. PMC 7707257. PMID 33366020.
  2. ^ Zhang, Jing; Cong, Qian; Fan, Xiao-Ling; Wang, Rongjiang; Wang, Min; Grishin, Nick V. (2017-03-06). "Mitogenomes of Giant-Skipper Butterflies reveal an ancient split between deep and shallow root feeders". F1000Research. doi:10.12688/f1000research.10970.1. PMC 5373422. PMID 28408977.

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