Libythea is a widespread genus of nymphalid butterflies commonly called beaks or snouts. They are strong fliers and may even be migratory.[1]
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| Libythea celtis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Libytheinae |
| Genus: | Libythea Fabricius, 1807 |
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Classification
edit- Source: The higher classification of Nymphalidae, at Nymphalidae.net
- Note: Names preceded by an equal sign (=) are synonyms, homonyms, rejected names or invalid names.
Subfamily Libytheinae Boisduval, 1833
- Libythea Fabricius, 1807 (= Hecaerge Ochsenheimer, 1816; = Chilea Billberg, 1820; = Hypatus Hübner, 1822; = Libythaeus Boitard, 1828; = Dichora Scudder, 1889)
- Libythea geoffroy Godart, 1824
- Libythea geoffroy geoffroy Godart, 1824
- Libythea geoffroy alompra Moore, 1901 (= Libythea hauxwelli Moore, 1901)
- Libythea geoffroy antipoda Boisduval, 1859 (= Libythea quadrinotata Butler, 1877)
- Libythea geoffroy bardas Fruhstorfer, 1914
- Libythea geoffroy batchiana Wallace, 1869
- Libythea geoffroy celebensis Staudinger, 1859
- Libythea geoffroy ceramensis Wallace, 1869
- Libythea geoffroy deminuta Fruhstorfer, 1910
- Libythea geoffroy genia Waterhouse, 1938
- Libythea geoffroy howarthi Peterson, 1968
- Libythea geoffroy maenia Fruhstorfer, 1902 (= Libythea geoffroy eugenia Fruhstorfer, 1910)
- Libythea geoffroy nicevillei Olliff, 1891
- Libythea geoffroy orientalis Godman & Salvin, 1888
- Libythea geoffroy philippina Staudinger, 1889
- Libythea geoffroy pulchra Butler, 1882 (= Libythea neopommerana Pagenstecher, 1896)
- Libythea geoffroy sumbensis Pagenstecher, 1896
- Libythea collenettei Poulton & Riley, 1928
- Libythea narina Godart, 1819
- Libythea narina narina Godart, 1819 (= Libythea hatami Kenrick, 1911)
- Libythea narina canuleia Fruhstorfer, 1910
- Libythea narina luzonica Semper, 1889
- Libythea narina nahathaka Fruhstorfer, 1914
- Libythea narina neratia Felder, 1864
- Libythea narina rohini Marshall, 1880 (= Libythea libera de Niceville, 1890; = Libythea hybrida Martin, 1896; = Libythea tibera Pagenstecher, 1902)
- Libythea narina sangha Fruhstorfer, 1914
- Libythea narina sumbawana Fruhstorfer, 1914
- Libythea labdaca Westwood & Hewitson, 1851
- Libythea labdaca labdaca Westwood & Hewitson, 1851 (= Libythea labdaca werneri Fruhstrofer, 1903)
- Libythea labdaca laius Trimen, 1879 (= Libythea labdaca cinyras Trimen, 1866; = Libythea labdaca lepitoides Moore, 1901)
- Libythea ancoata Grose-Smith, 1891
- Libythea tsiandava Grose-Smith, 1891
- Libythea myrrha Godart, 1819
- Libythea myrrha myrrha Godart, 1819
- Libythea myrrha borneensis Fruhstorfer, 1914
- Libythea myrrha carma Fruhstorfer, 1914
- Libythea myrrha hecura Fruhstorfer, 1914
- Libythea myrrha myrrhina Fruhstorfer, 1910
- Libythea myrrha rama Moore, 1872
- Libythea myrrha sanguinalis Fruhstorfer, 1898
- Libythea myrrha thira Fruhstorfer, 1914
- Libythea myrrha yawa Fruhstorfer, 1914
- Libythea celtis (Fuessly, 1782) (original name = Papilio celtis Fuessly, 1782)
- Libythea celtis celtis (Fuessly, 1782)
- Libythea celtis amamiana Shirozu, 1956
- Libythea celtis celtoides Fruhstorfer, 1909
- Libythea celtis chinensis Fruhstorfer, 1909
- Libythea celtis formosana Fruhstorfer, 1909
- Libythea celtis lepita Moore, 1857
- Libythea celtis sophene Fruhstorfer, 1914
- Libythea cinyras Trimen, 1866
- Libythea laius Trimen, 1879
- Libythea laius laius Trimen, 1879
- Libythea laius lepitoides Moore, 1903
- Libythea laius tsiandava Grose-Smith 1891
- Libythea geoffroy Godart, 1824
References
edit- ^ Kawahara, A.Y. (2013). "Systematic revision and review of the extant and fossil snout butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Libytheinae)". Zootaxa. 3631 (1): 1–74. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3631.1.1.
