Carterocephalus_argyrostigma

<i>Carterocephalus argyrostigma</i>

Carterocephalus argyrostigma

Species of butterfly

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

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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

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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

References

  1. [1]
    Eversmann, 1851 Description de quelques nouvelles espéce de Lépidoptéres de la Russie Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 24 (2) : 610-644
  2. [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. [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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