Carterocephalus is a Holarctic genus of skipperlings in the skipper family, Hesperiidae.

The wing colour is yellow, white, dark-brown and black with a variously spotted appearance. The hindwing upperside is dark with clear cut rounded lighter spots. The majority of species are endemic to China.

Species

Listed alphabetically:

  • Carterocephalus abax <small>Oberthür, 1886</small> - Tibet
  • Carterocephalus alcinoides <small>Lee, 1962</small> - Yunnan
  • Carterocephalus alcina <small>Evans, 1939</small> - Yunnan
  • Carterocephalus argyrostigma <small>(Eversmann, 1851)</small> - Siberia, Mongolia and China
  • Carterocephalus avanti <small>(de Nicéville, 1886)</small> – orange and silver mountain hopper – Tibet
  • Carterocephalus canopunctatus <small>(Nabokov 1941)</small>
  • Carterocephalus christophi <small>Grum-Grshimailo, 1891</small> - Tibet, western China
  • Carterocephalus dieckmanni <small>Graesser, 1888</small> - China
  • Carterocephalus flavomaculatus <small>Oberthür, 1886</small> - Tibet, West China
  • Carterocephalus gemmatus <small>Leech, 1891</small>
  • Carterocephalus habaensis <small>Yoshino, 1997</small> - Yunnan
  • Carterocephalus houangty <small>Oberthür, 1886</small> - Tibet, western China
  • Carterocephalus mandan <small>Oberthür, 1891</small>