Carcharodus

Carcharodus
	The clammy thick-headed
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animals
Type of:	Arthropods
Grade:	Insects
Squad:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Fatheads
Gender:	Carcharodus
Latin name
	Carcharodus Hübner , 1819
Synonyms
	Spilothyrus Duponchel, 1835; Reverdinus Ragusa, 1919; Lavatheria Verity, 1940;

Carcharodus (lat.) - a genus of butterflies from the family of thickheaded, distinguished on the basis of the characteristics of the copulative apparatus

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Description

The genus includes medium sized butterflies. Wings with a wavy outer edge. On the wings are light spots and transparent areas. Androkonial fields located on the wings of males are located on the front edge, and in some species on the underside of the front wings.

Distribution

Representatives of the genus are widespread in central and southern Europe, in North Africa and in Asia from northern India to southern Siberia. Found in meadows, clearings and other sunny warm places. Often visited by flowers. Caterpillars feed on plants from the families Malvaceae and Lamiaceae .

Views

Alcea thick-headed ^[1] ( Carcharodus alceae ) Esper, 1780
Carcharodus tripolina Verity, 1925
Thick-headed Headworm ^[2] ^[3] ( Carcharodus lavatherae ) Esper, 1783
Carcharodus baeticus rambur , 1840
Carcharodus flocciferus zeller, 1847
Eastern Thick-headed ^[2] ( Carcharodus orientalis ) Reverdin, 1913
Carcharodus stauderi Reverdin, 1913
Carcharodus dravira Moore, 1875

Gallery

Carcharodus tripolina
Carcharodus baeticus
Carcharodus orientalis

Notes

↑ Korshunov Yu. P. Qualifiers for the flora and fauna of Russia // Lepidoptera Lepidoptera in North Asia. Issue 4. - M .: Partnership of scientific publications of KMK, 2002. - S. 22. - ISBN 5-87317-115-7 .
↑ ¹ ² Lvovsky A.L., Morgun D.V. - Lepidoptera Lepidoptera in Eastern Europe (Guidelines for the Flora and Fauna of Russia), Moscow: KMK, 2007
↑ Ivy I.G., Morgun D.V., Dovgaylo K.E., Rubin N.I., Solodovnikov I.A. Day butterflies (Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea, Lepidoptera) of Eastern Europe. CD identifier, database and software package “Lysandra”. - Minsk, Kiev, Moscow, 2005.

[1] Korshunov Yu. P. Qualifiers for the flora and fauna of Russia // Lepidoptera Lepidoptera in North Asia. Issue 4. - M .: Partnership of scientific publications of KMK, 2002. - S. 22. - ISBN 5-87317-115-7 .

[Моргун-2] ¹ ² Lvovsky A.L., Morgun D.V. - Lepidoptera Lepidoptera in Eastern Europe (Guidelines for the Flora and Fauna of Russia), Moscow: KMK, 2007

[Lys-3] Ivy I.G., Morgun D.V., Dovgaylo K.E., Rubin N.I., Solodovnikov I.A. Day butterflies (Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea, Lepidoptera) of Eastern Europe. CD identifier, database and software package “Lysandra”. - Minsk, Kiev, Moscow, 2005.