Carterocephalus dieckmanni

Carterocephalus dieckmanni is a species of butterfly found in the East Palearctic (Northeast China, Amur, Ussuri, North Burma) that belongs to the skippers family.

Carterocephalus dieckmanni
Carterocephalus dieckmanni gemmatus Leech, 1891 in Oberthür, 1914 Études Lépidopterologie Comparée
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Carterocephalus
Species:
C. dieckmanni
Binomial name
Carterocephalus dieckmanni
Synonyms
  • Carterocephalus gemmatus Leech, 1891
  • Carterocephalus demea Oberthür, 1891

Description from Seitz edit

P. dieckmanni Graes. (— gemmatus Leech, demea Oberth.) (87 d) Forewing beneath with the spots in cellules 1 a and 2 united with those in cellule 3, forming an uninterrupted median band. Amur, West-China, Tibet.[2]

Subspecies edit

  • Carterocephalus dieckmanni dieckmanni - southern Amur and Ussuri
  • Carterocephalus dieckmanni minor Evans, 1932 - China

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Graeser, 1888 Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Lepidopteren-Fauna des Amurlandes Berl. Ent. Zs. 32 (1): 33-153 (1888), (2): 309-414 (1889)
  2. ^ Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren)