LEPIDOPTERA

• H E S P E R I I D A E Latreille, 1809

  • CARTEROCEPHALUS Lederer, 1852

    
    

    • Carterocephalus dieckmanni Graeser, 1888

Carterocephalus dieckmanni Graeser, 1888

• TYPE LOCALITY. "Wlad.[iwostok]" [Vladivostok, Ussuri region].

• RANGE. NE., central and S. China from the Amur and Ussuri basins to N. Burma.

• DISTRIBUTION AND VARIATION. The S. Amur and Ussuri regions. Only a few specimens from a few localities are known, representing the nominate subspecies; several other subspecies have been described from China.

• HABITATS AND BIOLOGY. Little-known. All specimens have been taken on rocky, stony and xerophytic grassy slopes. Flight period (according to the labels): May-July, possibly in two generations.

Photo and text: Guide to the BUTTERFLIES OF RUSSIA and adjacent territories Volume 1. PENSOFT, Sofia - Moscow. 1997