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Carcharodus Hübner, [1819]
Carcharodus Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (7): 110, TS: Papilio alceae Esper
Reverdinus Ragusa, 1919; Naturalista Siciliano 23 (7/12): 172, TS: Papilio altheae Hübner
Lavatheria Verity, 1940; Le Farfalle diurn. d'Italia 1: 11, 22, TS: Papilio lavatherae Esper
Carcharodus (Pyrginae) ; [AfrL]
Carcharodus alceae (Esper, [1780])
SEU, CEU, Temperate Asia (S.Siberia - Arabia, N.India). See [About maps] Mallow Skipper Piquitos castana Warcabnik ślazowiec
Papilio alceae Esper, [1780]; Die Schmett. Th. I, Bd. 2 (1): 4, pl. 51, f. 3, TL: Erlangen, Germany
malvarum Hoffmannsegg, 1804
Carcharodus alceae, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Carcharodus alceae, Extracts from [BRU] by [Ilya Osipov]
Carcharodus alceae, Captain's European Butterfly Guide [Simon Coombes]
 Carcharodus alceae ; [BOW: pl. 11, f. 11]; [BRU: 108, pl. 2, f. 1-3]; [BMAT: 106 (all N.African records are Carcharodus tripolina)]; [AfrL]; [Otakar Kudrna]
[alceae-1.jpg] 600x476 (~104Kb) Italy, Ravenna, 11 May 2006, Photo © Maurizio Elia [alceae.jpg] 500x324 (~47Kb) Turunc, SW Turkey 14/04/95, Photo © Simon Coombes

Larva on Malva, Althaea, Lavatera, Hibiscus, (etc) [BRU] (in Spain) Malva rosea [BMAT]


C. a. wissmanni Warnecke, 1934
Carcharodus alceae wissmanni ; [AfrL]
Carcharodus tripolina (Verity, 1925)
SWEU, N.Africa. See [About maps] Erynnis alceae tripolina Verity, 1925; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 37: 54, TL: Garian plateau (Libya)
Carcharodus tripolina ; [BMAT: 94, pl. 31, f. 6-10]

Larva on Malva sylvestris, (in Egypt) Althaea sp. [BMAT]

Carcharodus lavatherae (Esper, [1783])
NAF, SEU, Asia Minor - Iran. See [About maps] Marbled Skipper Ziestfalter Piquitos clara
Papilio lavatherae Esper, [1783]; Die Schmett. 1 (2): 148, pl. 82, f. 4, TL: France & Switzerland
Carcharodus lavatherae, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Carcharodus lavatherae, Extracts from [BRU] by [Ilya Osipov]
Carcharodus lavatherae, Captain's European Butterfly Guide [Simon Coombes]
 Carcharodus lavatherae ; [BOW: pl. 11, f. 11 (name)]; [BRU: 108, pl. 2, f. 4-6]; [Otakar Kudrna]

Larva on Stachys [H&R], Stachys recta [BRU]

C. l. rufescens Oberthür, 1914
Morocco (Middle Atlas), Algeria, Tunisia? Carcharodus lavaterae[sic] var. rufescens Oberthür, 1914; Etud. Lépid. Comp. 9: 407, pl. 296, f. 4433, TL: Sebdou (Algeria)
Carcharodus lavaterae[sic] internicus Rothschild, 1914; Novit. Zool. 21: 311, TL: Aïn Sefra, Guelt-es-Stel (Algeria)
Erynnis lavatherae australissima Verity, 1925; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 37: 41, TL: Sebdou, Lambessa (Algeria)
Carcharodus lavatherae rufescens ; [BMAT: 95, pl. 31, f. 11-15]
Carcharodus baeticus (Rambur, 1839)
SWEU, it, Asia Minor, Iran. See [About maps] Southern Marbled Skipper Piquitos
marrubii Rambur, 1840
boeticus[sic!] ;
Carcharodus baeticus ; [Otakar Kudrna]

Larva on Marrubium vulgare, Ballota foetida, (etc) [H&R]


Subgenus Reverdinus
Carcharodus floccifera (Zeller, 1847)
SEU, Bulgaria, S.Siberia, Asia Minor. See [About maps] Tufted Skipper Piquitos serrana Warcabnik szantawiec
Hesperia floccifera Zeller, 1847; Isis Jena, 1847 (1): 286, TL: Syracuse, Sicily
Papilio altheae Hübner, [1800-1803]; Samml. eur. Schmett. [1] : pl. 90 (1800-1803), f. 452-453 (preocc. Papilio altheae Esper, [1783])
Carcharodus imperator Hemming, 1934; Stylops 3: 99 (repl. Papilio altheae Hübner, [1800-1803])
alchymillae Hemming, 1936
gemina Lederer, 1852
Carcharodus floccifera, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
Carcharodus flocciferus, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Carcharodus flocciferus, Extracts from [BRU] by [Ilya Osipov]
 Carcharodus flocciferus ; [BRU: 109, pl. 2, f. 7-9]; [Otakar Kudrna]
[floccifera-1u.jpg] 533x400 (~40Kb) upperside An open pine forest on a high left bank of the Berd' River 1 km upstream of the village Starososedovo. Iskitim district, Novosibirsk Province, West Siberia, Russia. 2nd July 1994, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

Larva on Marrubium peregrinum, M. vulgare, Stachys officinalis, Thymus roegneri [BRU], Stachys alpina, S. recta [BMAT]


C. f. habiba (Kauffmann, 1955)
Morocco (W.Rif Mts) Reverdinus floccifer habiba Kauffmann, 1955; Mitt. schweiz ent. Ges. 28 (3): 288, TL: Bab el Taza (Morocco)
Carcharodus floccifera habiba ; [BMAT: 95, pl. 31, f. 16-18]
Carcharodus orientalis Reverdin, 1913
Montenegro, Greece, Asia Minor, Palestine, N.Iran. See [About maps] Oriental Skipper
Carcharodus orientalis Reverdin, 1913; Bull. Soc. Lépid. Genève, 2 (4): 230, f. 4, pl. 21, f. 14, TL: Peloponnesos, Greece
Carcharodus orientalis, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Carcharodus orientalis, Extracts from [BRU] by [Ilya Osipov]
 Carcharodus orientalis ; [BRU, 109]; [Otakar Kudrna]
C. o. teberdininus Devyatkin, 1990
Caucasus Major
Carcharodus stauderi Reverdin, 1913
Morocco - Cyrenaica, Greece, Asia Minor - Palestine, N.Iran. See [About maps] Carcharodus stauderi Reverdin, 1913; Bull. Soc. Lépid. Genève, 2 (4): 225, pl. 21, f. 5, 12, TL: El Kantara (Algeria)
Carcharodus stauderi, Extracts from [BRU] by [Ilya Osipov]
 Carcharodus stauderi ; [BRU: 109, pl. 2, f. 13-15]; [Otakar Kudrna]

Larva on Marrubium vulgare, Ballota foetida, (etc) [H&R] Nepeta floccosa [BRU]

C. s. stauderi
N.Africa Erynnis stauderi f. fulvissima Verity, 1925; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 37: 43, TL: Algeria
Erynnis stauderi f. obscura Verity, 1925; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 37: 44, TL: Algeria
Carcharodus stauderi romeii Rothschild, 1933; Novit. Zool. 38: 323, TL: Ketama (Morocco)
Reverdinus stauderi f. rungsi Picard, 1950; Bull. Soc. Sci. nat. Maroc 28: 118-119, TL: Ifrane (Morocco)
Carcharodus stauderi stauderi ; [BMAT: 95, pl. 31, f. 19-20]

Larva on Marrubium vulgare, (in Hoggar) Marrubium deserti?, Ballota hirsuta, (in Sinai) Phlomis aurea [BMAT]

C. s. ambigua Verity, 1925
S.Transcaucasia
Carcharodus dravira (Moore, [1875])
N.Iran - Pakistan, N.India. See [About maps] dravira (Moore, [1875]); Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1874 (4): 576, pl. 67, f. 5
balucha Evans, 1932
dentatus Alberti, 1940
Carcharodus dravira, Extracts from [BRU] by [Ilya Osipov]
 Carcharodus dravira ; [BRU: 110, pl. 2, f. 16-18]

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References:
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Warning! The maps are automaticly generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
[AfrL]
Mark C. Williams; Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperoidea; Compiled by Mark C. Williams, 7th ed. (2008) (April 2007); e-mail: Mark C. Williams
[BMAT]
Tennent, John, 1996; The butterflies of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia; ISBN 0 906802 05 9
[BOW]
Lewis, H. L., 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X
[BRU]
Tuzov, Bogdanov, Devyatkin, Kaabak, Korolev, Murzin, Samodurov, Tarasov, 1997; Guide to the Butterflies of Russia and adjacent territories; Hesperiidae, Papilionidae, Pieridae, Satyridae; Volume 1
[ESP]
Heppner, 1981; The dates of E. J. C. Esper's Die Schmetterlinge in Abblidungen... 1776-[1830]; Archives of Natural History (1981) 10 (2): 251-254
[H&R]
Higgins, L.G, Riley, N.D, 1970; A Field Guide to the Butterflies of Britain and Europe
[HBN]
Francis Hemming, 1937; HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2
[Ilya Osipov]
The insects from former USSR for collectors Web site; e-mail: Ilya Osipov; http://www.osipov.org/insects/
[Kimmo Silvonen]
Espoo, Finland; Kimmo's Lep Site
[MBE]
Moths and Butteflies of Europe; Paolo Mazzei, Diego Reggianti and Ilaria Pimpinelli; http://www.leps.it/
[Maurizio Elia]
Ravenna, Italy; e-mail: Maurizio Elia
[Oleg Kosterin]
Institue of Cytology & Genetics; Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk; e-mail: Oleg Kosterin; http://pisum.bionet.nsc.ru/kosterin/
[Simon Coombes]
1 Park Street, Plymouth, PL3 4BL, UK; 01752 607854; e-mail: Simon Coombes; http://www.butterfly-guide.co.uk

Some related literature:
Esper, [1780]
Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. Theil I. Die Tagschmetterlinge. Fortsetzung. Band 2 Die Schmett. Th. I, Bd. 2 (1): 1-36, pl. 51-56 (1780), (2): 37-68, pl. 57-62 (1781), (3): 69-100, pl. 63-68 (1781), (4): 101-124, pl. 69-74 (1781), (5): 125-140, pl. 75-80 (1782), (7): 141-156, pl. 81-82 (1783), (8): 157-172, pl. 83-88 (1783), (9): 173-184, pl. 89-92 (1784), (28): 185-190, pl. 93 (1786)
Hemming, 1934
Some notes in the nomenclature of Palaearctic and African Rhopalocera Stylops 3: 97-99
Hübner, [1800-1803]
Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge. I. Papiliones - Falter ("Erste Band") Samml. eur. Schmett. [1] (Ziefer?): 3-74, : pl. 1-88, f. 1-446 (1799-1800), pl. 89-96, f. 447-490 (1800-1803), pl. 97-114, f. 491-588 (1803-1804), pl. 115-119, f. 589-612 (1805), pl. 120-124, f. 613-636 (1805-1806), pl. 125-128, f. 637-652 (1806-1808), pl. 129-144, f. 653-727 (1808-1813), pl. 145-147, f. 728-741 (1814-1816), pl. 148-150, f. 742-756 (1816-1817), pl. 151, f. 757-762 (1818-1819), pl. 152-154, f. 757-774 (1819-1822), pl. 155, f. 775-778 (1822-1823), pl. 156-161, f. 779-806 (1823), pl. 162-175, f. 807-874 (1823-1824), pl. 176, f. 869-874 (1824-1825), pl. 177-181, f. 875-895 (1825-1826), (Geyer), pl. 182-187, f. 896-981 (1827-1828), pl. 188-195, f. 922-968 (1828-1832), pl. 196, f. 969-974 (1832-1833), pl. 197-201, f. 975-997 (1834-1836), pl. 202-203, f. 998-1009 (1836-1838), pl. 204-207, f. 1010-1029 (1837-1838)
Hübner, [1819]
Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826] Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816), (2): 17-32 (1819), (3): 33-48 (1819), (4): 49-64 (1819), (5): 65-80 (1819), (6): 81-96 (1819), (7): 97-112 (1819), (8): 113-128 (1819), (9): 129-144 (1819), (10): 145-160 (1819), (11): 161-176 (1819), (12): 177-192 (1820), (13): 193-208 (1820), (14): 209-224 (1821), (15): 225-240 (1821), (16): 241-256 (1821), (17): 257-272 (1823), (18): 273-288 (1823), (19): 289-304 (1823), (20): 305-320 (1825), (21): 321-336 (1825), (22): 337-352 (1825), (23-27): 353-431 ([1825])
Moore, [1875]
Descriptions of new Asiatic Lepidoptera Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1874 (4): 565-579, pls. 66-67
Reverdin, 1913
Notes sur les genres Hesperia et Carcharodus Bull. Soc. Lépid. Genève, 2 (4): 212-234, pl. 21-22

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