Carterocephalus avanti
| Carterocephalus avanti | |
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| Upperside | |
| Underside | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Carterocephalus |
| Species: | C. avanti
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| Binomial name | |
| Carterocephalus avanti (de Nicéville, 1886)
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Carterocephalus avanti, also known as the orange-and-silver hopper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found from Uttarakhand to Tibet. It was described by Lionel de Nicéville in 1886.[1][2]
Description
The upperside is fuscous with many streaks on it, all yellow. The forewing cillia are very long and are brown in colour while the hindwing cilia are yellow in colour. The underside is a paler ferruginous-ochreous colour. The underside forewing is similar to the upperside forewing, but the markings are extended. The underside hindwing has a very large and silvery discal spot.[3]
Subspecies
There are three recognized subspecies[4][5] -
- Carterocephalus avanti avanti (de Nicéville, 1886) - Uttarakhand to Sikkim
- Carterocephalus avanti flavostigma (Oberthür, 1908) - Tibet
- Carterocephalus avanti ensis (Evans, 1939) - Yunnan
References
- ^ Sondhi, Sanjay; Kunte, Krushnamegh (2018). Butterflies of Uttarakhand: A Field Guide. ISBN 9788121109185.
- ^ "Carterocephalus". www.nic.funet.fi. Retrieved 2026-01-26.
- ^ Asiatic Society of Bengal (1832). Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. California Academy of Sciences Library. Calcutta : Bishop's College Press.
- ^ Evans, William Harry; Evans, William Harry; History), British Museum (Natural (1949). A Catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia, and Australia in the British Museum (Natural History). London: Trustees of the British Museum.
- ^ Bridges, Charles A.; Bridges, Charles A. (1994). Catalogue of the family-group, genus-group and species-group names of the Hesperioidea (Lepidoptera) of the world. Urbana, Ill: C.A. Bridges.