Carterocephalus argyrostigma

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

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 argyrostigma Eversmann, 1851
  • Cyclopides argenteogutta Butler, 1870

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]

gollark: It's kind of a stupidly convoluted mess with bits bolted on everywhere.
gollark: It's different but exists.
gollark: That's pretty cool, though.
gollark: It seems to be piephon.
gollark: It's basically a reflection of the fact that Java is bad and Kotlin less bad.

See also

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)
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