Carterocephalus palaemon (Pallas, 1771)

Имаго (Carterocephalus palaemon)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Hesperiidae → subfamily Heteropterinae → genus Carterocephalus → species Carterocephalus palaemon

Species name(s)

Carterocephalus palaemon (Pallas, 1771) = Papilio palaemon Pallas, 1771 = Papilio paniscus Fabricius, 1775 = brontes (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) = Pamphila palaemon = Papilio brontes Schiffermüller], 1775 = Papilio paniscus Fabricius, 1775. [9, 10, 186]

Chequered Skipper.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 4.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic, Nearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #3. Karelsky*; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #6. Evropeisky Severo-Vostochny; #7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #15. Severo-Uralsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #25. Tuvinsky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #27. Pribaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #30. Vostochno-Yakutsky; #31. Yuzhno-Yakutsky; #32. Chukotsky; #33. Severo-Okhotomorsky; #34. Kamchatsky; #35. Sredne-Okhotsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #38. Sakhalin; #39. Yuzhno-Kurilsky; #40. Primorsky.

* An asterisk denotes a region for which the species is listed as an migrant or information that requires additional checking.

Forewing length

14—15 mm.

Primary colors

Orange, Brown/Gray/Black, White.

Flight time

January

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March

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June

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September

October

November

December

Larva lifespan

 					January 					February 					March 					April 					May 					June 					July 					August 					September 					October 					November 					December 			

Detailed information with references

Distribution

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Spain, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia , Yugoslavia. [1].
Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway (mainland part), Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Finland,France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, Eastern Yakutia, Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-East, North-Western European, Central European, European southern taiga, Transbaikalia, Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Kamchatka, Karelian (?), Krasnoyarsk, Nizhny-Amur, Prealtay, of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy, Primorye, Sakhalin, the North Okhotsk, North Urals, Mid-Amur, the Volga-Average, Average Okhotsk, Mid-Ural, Sredneobskaya, Tuva, Chukotka, South West Siberian Yuzhno-Kuril, South Ural, South Yakutia. [3].
Крепкоголовок палемонов можно встретить во Франции, Центральной, Восточной и Юго-Восточной Европе, но их нет в Южной Европе, на большей части Англии и Ирландии, а также в Скандинавии. Бабочка распространена не только в Европе, ее ареал доходит и до Японии, и до Северной Америки.В горах — на высоте до 1500 м. [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Длина передних крыльев крепкоголовки — 1,5 см. По темно-коричневому фону разбросаны многочисленные рыжие пятна. Самцы серее самок. Бабочки, летающие в высокогорье, как правило, меньше по размеру и темнее окрашены, чем равнинные экземпляры. Такая форма носит название Carterocephalus palaemon f. freyi Hellw. [85].

General info about Imago

Местообитания: разнотравные и заболоченные луга, опушки лесов. Летает быстро, низко над землей. [85].

Imago lifespan

Carterocephalus palaemon встречается с середины мая по июнь, в горах — до июля. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Molinia, Calamagrostis, Brachypodium, Bromus ramosus, Dactylis, Alopecurus, Phleum. [28].
Stronghead caterpillars feed on grasses, for example, on bonfires or short-legged plants. [85].

Larva lifespan

С июля по май. [85].

Overwintering stage

Гусеница. [85].

Subspecies of Carterocephalus palaemon

Carterocephalus palaemon akaishianus Fujioka, 1970. [9]
C. p. albiguttata Christoph, 1893. [9]
C. p. mackenziei Wyatt, 1965. [187]
C. p. magnus Tilden & Emmel, 1998. [9]
C. p. mandan (Edwards, 1863). [9]
C. p. satakei (Matsumura, 1919). [9]
C. p. skada (Edwards, 1870). [9]
C. p. tolli Krzywicki, 1967. [187]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Svyatoslav Knyazev, Alexsandr Martukov.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

[1] O. Karsholt, J. Razowski (eds.), 1996. The Lepidoptera of Europe: a distributional checklist
[3] Каталог чешуекрылых (Lepidoptera) России. Под ред. С. Ю. Синёва. СПб.; М.: Товарищество научных изданий КМК, 2008
[9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
[10] de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2011) Fauna Europaea version 2.4 (faunaeur.org)
[28] Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa (leps.it), 2012
[85] Lepidoptera species catalogue, Lepidoptera.ru, 2015
[186] Integrated Taxonomic Information System on-line database, http://www.itis.gov
[187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org