Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Lepidoptera > Hesperiidae > Carterocephalus > Carterocephalus silvicola

Carterocephalus silvicola (Northern Chequered Skipper)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Carterocephalus silvicola, the northern chequered skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in northern Europe and north and east Asia. The butterfly flies from May to June depending on the location. The larvae feed on various grasses.
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Prey / Diet

Calamagrostis purpurea[1]
Milium effusum (American milletgrass)[1]

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Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit 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.
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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