CARTEROCEPHALUS PALAEMON
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CARTEROCEPHALUS PALAEMON
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| English name: | UK: Chequered Skipper. US: Arctic Skipperling, Arctic Skipper. |
| Norwegian name: | Gulflekksmyger. |
| Auctor: | (Pallas, 1771) |
| Original description: | as Papilio palaemon in Reise durch verschied. Prov. russ. Reichs. I : 471. |
| Syn.: | paniscus Fabricius, 1775 |
| brontes Dennis & Schiffermüller, 1776 | |
| Type locality of nominate species: | Russia, probably Volga region (ref Tuzov & al., 1997). |
| Worldwide distribution: | Central and North Europe across temperate parts of Asia to Japan and |
| North America. | |
| Subspecies in Norway: | C.palaemon borealis. |
| Worldwide subspecies: | C.p.palaemon (Pallas, 1771) - Central Europe to Pacific coast of Russia. |
| C.p.mandan (W.H.Edwards, 1863) North America; Upper Transition to Hudson Zone. | |
| C.p.borealis Lingonblad - Fennoscandia. | |
| C.p.albiguttata Christoph, 1893 - Middle Ural to Siberia. | |
| C.p.murasei Matsumura, 1925 - South Sakhalin Is.. | |
| C.p.satakei (Matsumura, 1919) - Japan; Honshu. | |
| C.p.akaishianus Fujioka, 1970 - Japan; Honshu. | |
| Etymology: | Palaemon was a god of the sea in Greek myth. |
C. palaemon borealis | |
| Auctor: | (Lingonblad, 1944) |
| Original description: | in Not. Ent. 24: 71-75. |
| Syn.: | - - - |
| Type locality of subspecies: | - - - |
| Distribution in Norway: | Lowlands of Norway as far north as 66oN. |
| Notes: | C.palaemon is uncommon, but still has some strong populations along |
| the coast of Telemark and Agder, as well as in Central Norway (Trøndelag). | |
| Very few records exist from West Norway the last 50 years. | |
| Described forms found in Norway: | - - - |
| Etymology: | borealis = northern. |
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CARTEROCEPHALUS PALAEMON BOREALIS |
| Specimen | Kommune | Coll. date | Remarks | ||
| 1 | 103 | STI | Lierne | 07-JUL-1998 | |
| 2 | 103 | STI | Lierne | 07-JUL-1998 | |
| 3 | 103 | STI | Lierne | 07-JUL-1998 | |
| 4 | 6 | AAY | Grimstad | 21-JUN-1987 | (ventral view) |
| 5 | 17 | TEI | Kviteseid | 15-JUN-2003 | (ventral view) |
| 6 | 103 | STI | Lierne | 07-JUL-1998 | (ventral view) |
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