Carterocephalus silvicola, the northern chequered skipper, is a species of butterfly of the family Hesperiidae.[1] It is found in northern Europe and the northern and eastern Palearctic.[2]
The front wing length is twelve to 13 millimeters. The upper surface of the forewings is light yellow with large brown-black discal and small submarginal spots. The hindwings are basically brown-black in color with yellow spots arranged as in Carterocephalus palaemon and with an additional spot on the costa . The bottom is the same as the top. The female has slightly larger spots as well as a dark basal region and a dark outer edge.
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The caterpillars are grass green when mature with pale dorsal and lateral dorsal lines. They grow up to about 25 millimeters long. Before hibernating, the caterpillars turn gray-yellow. They overwinter as adult caterpillars.
The pupa is pale yellow with brown vertical stripes
Biologyedit
The butterfly flies from May to June depending on the location.
The larvae feed on various grasses.
Referencesedit
^Jeong, Su Yeon; Kim, Min Jee; Jeong, Na Ra; Kim, Iksoo (2019-07-03). "Complete mitochondrial genome of the silver stripped skipper, Leptalina unicolor (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae)". Mitochondrial DNA Part B. 4 (2): 3418–3420. doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1674725. PMC7707257. PMID 33366020.
^Zhang, Jing; Cong, Qian; Fan, Xiao-Ling; Wang, Rongjiang; Wang, Min; Grishin, Nick V. (2017-03-06). "Mitogenomes of Giant-Skipper Butterflies reveal an ancient split between deep and shallow root feeders". F1000Research. 6: 222. doi:10.12688/f1000research.10970.1. PMC5373422. PMID 28408977.
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