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Carterocephalus palaemon

Family: HesperiidaeGenus: Carterocephalusnative in Germany

native in Germany

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Plants

visited

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Interactions

documented

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Host plants

known

About this species

A univoltine skipper butterfly recorded in Great Britain.

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Plant food

Yearly cycle

Carterocephalus palaemon has a single generation each year. Larvae feed in summer and then pass the winter as larvae, completing development the following spring. Adult butterflies emerge and fly in June.

Merkmale

Ernährung & Verhalten

Food

oligophagous

Generationen/Jahr

univoltine

Overwintering

larva

Scientific profile

This is a univoltine species of the family Hesperiidae, with oligophagous larvae that feed on a narrow range of host plants. The winter is spent in the larval stage. Adults are active only during June.

Host plants

6 plants serve as food for the larvae

Brachypodium sylvaticum Molinia caerulea Brachypodium rupestre Calamagrostis purpurea Brachypodium sylvaticum Molinia caerulea

Visited plants

18 plants are visited by this species

Hyacinthoides non-scripta Rubus fruticosus Cirsium palustreRanunculus acris subsp. friesianusGlobularia cordifoliaAjuga reptansKnautia drymeia subsp. drymeiaTrifolium pratense Silene flos-cuculi Leucanthemum vulgare Geranium sylvaticum Symphytum officinale Saponaria ocymoides Taraxacum officinale Ranunculus repens Cynosurus cristatusBetula nanaRhododendron groenlandicum

Sources & data origin

•Cook et al. (2025) UK Butterfly & Moth Traits (DOI: 10.5285/dbc7cc17-cbbd-49dd-bab4-8e8855768d66)

•Interaktionsdaten via GloBI (CC-BY 4.0)

•Neff et al. (2025) — Swiss Moth Traits, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14506883 (CC BY)

•GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — GBIF Secretariat (2024), DOI: 10.15468/39omei (CC BY 4.0)