Bild folgtKI-generierte IllustrationCarterocephalus palaemon
Carterocephalus palaemon
Family: HesperiidaeGenus: Carterocephalusheimisch in Deutschland
heimisch in Deutschland
native_regions-Cache · 85 %
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24
Plants
visited
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30
Interactions
documented
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6
Host plants
known
About this species
A univoltine skipper butterfly recorded in Great Britain.
Ecological network
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Plant-based food
Annual 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
Körper
Wingspan
2.65 cm
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
Visited plants
18 plants are visited by this species
Hyacinthoides non-scriptaRubus fruticosusCirsium palustreRanunculus acris subsp. friesianusGlobularia cordifoliaAjuga reptansKnautia drymeia subsp. drymeiaTrifolium pratenseSilene flos-cuculiLeucanthemum vulgareGeranium sylvaticumSymphytum officinaleSaponaria ocymoidesTaraxacum officinaleRanunculus repensCynosurus cristatusBetula nanaRhododendron groenlandicum
Sources & Data Origin
•TraitCH — CC BY 4.0TraitCH 2.0 contributors; imported as source-preserving NaturKompass taxon evidence.
•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)
•Seifert & Fiedler (2023) — Macroecological patterns in European butterflies unveil strong interrelations between larval diet breadth, latitudinal range size, and voltinism [Dataset]. Dryad, DOI: 10.5061/dryad.9zw3r22mp (CC0)
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