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Carterocephalus palaemon  (Pallas, 1771)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 188607

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Carterocephalus mackenziei Wyatt, 1965
  
    Cyclopides skada Edwards, 1870
  
    Cyclopides skada Edwards, 1871
  
    Hesperia mesapano Scudder, 1868
  
    Papilio brontes (Denis and Schiffermüller, 1775)
  
    Papilio paniscus Fabricius, 1775
  
  Common Name(s): arctic skipper [English]
  
    Arctic skipper [English]
  
    echiquier [French]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  -- Animal, animals, animaux  
    PhylumArthropoda  -- arthropodes, arthropods, Artrópode  
       SubphylumHexapoda  -- hexapods  
          ClassInsecta  -- hexapoda, insectes, insects, inseto  
             SubclassPterygota  -- insects ailés, winged insects  
                InfraclassNeoptera  -- modern, wing-folding insects  
                   OrderLepidoptera  -- Borboleta, butterflies, Mariposa, moths, papillons, papillons de nuit  
                      SuperfamilyHesperioidea   
                         FamilyHesperiidae  -- skippers  
                            SubfamilyHeteropterinae   
                               TribeHeteropterini   
                                  GenusCarterocephalus Lederer, 1852  
                                     SpeciesCarterocephalus palaemon (Pallas, 1771) -- arctic skipper, Arctic skipper, echiquier  
    Direct Children:  
                                        Subspecies Carterocephalus palaemon magnus Matoon and Tilden, 1998  
                                        Subspecies Carterocephalus palaemon mandan (Edwards, 1863)  
                                        Subspecies Carterocephalus palaemon skada (Edwards, 1870)  
       

 References
       
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  Source: Check List of the Lepidoptera of North America... MS, database (version 2003)  
  Acquired: 2005   
  Notes: Ongoing developmental version with contributions by Don Lafontaine, Jean-François Landry, Jim Troubridge, Paul Opler, Ron Hodges, John Brown, et al. Higher classification does not yet reflect recent and substantial changes that have been published   
  Reference for: Carterocephalus palaemon   
       
  Source: Common names of Insects in Canada, database (version 1999)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes: Entomological Society of Canada / société d'entomologie du Canada   
  Reference for: Arctic skipper [English], echiquier [French]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Carterocephalus palaemon, arctic skipper [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Hodges, Ronald W., et al., eds.  
  Publication Date: 1983   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico   
  Page(s): xxiv + 284   
  Publisher: E.W. Classey Ltd. and The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation   
  Publication Place: London, England   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-86096-016-1   
  Notes: Other contributing editors: Tatiana Dominick, Donald, R. Davis, Douglas C. Ferguson, John G. Franclemont, Eugene G. Munroe, and Jerry A. Powell   
  Reference for: Carterocephalus palaemon   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Opler, Paul A.  
  Publication Date: 1999   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: A Field Guide to Western Butterflies, Second Edition   
  Page(s): xiv + 540   
  Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company   
  Publication Place: Boston, Massachusetts, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-395-79151-0   
  Notes: Illustrated by Amy Bartlett Wright. Part of the Peterson Field Guide Series   
  Reference for: Carterocephalus palaemon   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Alaska, Native  
    Canada, Native  
    Continental US, Native  
 

 

    

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