Carterocephalus argyrostigma

Carterocephalus argyrostigma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Carterocephalus
Species:	C. argyrostigma
Binomial name
Carterocephalus argyrostigma (Eversmann, 1851) [1]
Synonyms
Hesperia argyrostigmaEversmann, 1851 Cyclopides argenteoguttaButler, 1870

Carterocephalus argyrostigma is a species of butterfly found in the East Palearctic (South Siberia, Mongolia, Northeast China) that belongs to the skippers family.

Description

The wing upperside ground colour is dark-brown with yellow spots; the hind wing underside usually has five brilliant silvery-white spots of complicated shapes. ^[2]

Description from Seitz

For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

Forewing beneath with a light spot which covers the extreme base of cellule 2, and with another placed towards the centre of the same cellule. Hindwing with a light spot in the centre of cellule 8. The upperside of the wings with yellow or yellowish spot. Altai, Mongolia, Amur. According to Graeser in June. ^[3]

See also

• List of butterflies of Russia

References

1. Eversmann, 1851 Description de quelques nouvelles espéce de Lépidoptéres de la Russie Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 24 (2) : 610-644
2. Y. Korshunov, P. Gorbunov. Dnevnye babochki aziatskoi chasti Rossii. Spravochnik. [Butterflies of the Asian part of Russia. A handbook]. Ural University Press, Ekaterinburg - 1995 - 202 p. [in Russian] online in English
3. Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren)