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Carterocephalus palaemon (Arctic skipper)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The chequered skipper or Arctic skipper (Carterocephalus palaemon) is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae.
View Wikipedia Record: Carterocephalus palaemon

Infraspecies

Carterocephalus palaemon akaishianus
Carterocephalus palaemon albiguttata
Carterocephalus palaemon mackenziei
Carterocephalus palaemon magnus
Carterocephalus palaemon mandan
Carterocephalus palaemon palaemon
Carterocephalus palaemon satakei
Carterocephalus palaemon tolli

Attributes

Wing Span [1]  0.984 inches (.025 m)

Protected Areas

Ecosystems

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Predators

Lanius excubitor (Northern Shrike)[4]
Libellula quadrimaculata (Four-spotted Skimmer)[4]
Phygadeuon alaskensis (Ichneumon Wasp)[4]
Phylloscopus borealis (Arctic Warbler)[4]
Poecile hudsonicus (Boreal Chickadee)[4]

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Butterflies of Canada, Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility
♦ 2Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 4Making The Forest And Tundra Wildlife Connection
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0