Agrotini

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Pyrginae
Tribus: Carcharodini
Subtribus: Carcharodina
Genus: Carcharodus
Species (2): C. alceae – C. tripolina
Name

Carcharodus Hübner, [1819]: 110.

Type species: Papilio alceae Esper, 1780, by subsequent designation by ICZN, 1947, Opinion 181: 607.
Synonyms

Spilolhyrus Duponchel, 1835: 415.
Spilothyrus Duponchel, 1835 (missp.)
Type species: Papilio alceae Esper, 1780, by subsequent designation by ICZN, 1947, Opinion 181: 607.

References

Blanchard, C.É. 1845. Histoire naturelle des insectes leurs moeurs, leurs métamorphoses et leur classification ou traité élémentaire d’entomologie. Tome second. Paris, 524 pp.; pls. 11–20. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.35820 BHL Reference page.
Boisduval, J.B. 1832–1834. Icones historiques des Lépidoptères nouveaux ou peu connus. Collection, avec figures coloriées, des Papillons d'Europe nouvellement découverts; ouvrage formant le complément de tous les Auteurs iconographes. 1: Rhopalocères. Paris, Roret. 1: 1–251, pls 1–47. web Reference page.
Hübner, J. 1816–1826. Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge. Augsburg. Papilionoidea. BHL Reference page.
de Jong, R. 1974. Notes on the genus Carcharodus (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae). Zoologische Mededelingen 48(1): 1–9. PDF. Reference page.
Duponchel, P.A.J., 1832-1835. In: Godart, J.B. & Duponchel, P.A.J. Histoire naturelle des Lépidoptères ou Papillons de France 1. Reference page.
Zhang, J., Brockmann, E., Cong, Q., Shen, J.H. & Grishin, N.V. 2020. A genomic perspective on the taxonomy of the subtribe Carcharodina (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Carcharodini). Zootaxa 4748(1): 182–194. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4748.1.10. Paywall. Reference page.

Carcharodus is a Palearctic genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

In genomic research published in 2020, it was determined that six of the eight species in Carcharodus were more closely related to those in the genus Muschampia, and were transferred to that genus. This left only two species in Carcharodus.

Description

This genus includes medium-sized, brown spotted skippers.
Distribution

They are widespread in central and southern Europe, in North Africa and in temperate Asia from northern India up to southern Siberia.
Habitat

These skippers can be found in meadows, trails and other sunny, warm locations. They fly in the sunshine and often visit flowers to drink nectar. The larvae feed on various herbs of several different plant families, including Malvaceae and Lamiaceae.
Species

These species belong to the genus Carcharodus:[1]

Carcharodus alceae (Esper, 1780) (mallow skipper)
Carcharodus tripolina (Verity, 1925) (false mallow skipper)

References

Zhang, Jing; Brockmann, Ernst; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; et al. (2020). "A genomic perspective on the taxonomy of the subtribe Carcharodina (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Carcharodini)". Zootaxa. 4748 (1). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4748.1.10.

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Carcharodus at funet
Tree of Life

Carcharodus [fr]. Distribution (in French)