Libythea
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Libythea is a widespread genus of nymphalid
Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae is a family of about 5,000 species of butterflies which are distributed throughout most of the world. These are usually medium sized to large butterflies. Most species have a reduced pair of forelegs and many hold their colourful wings flat when resting. They are also called...

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A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...

 commonly called Beaks or Snouts. They are strong fliers and may even be migratory.

Libythea classification



Subfamily Libytheinae Boisduval, 1833
  • Libythea Fabricius, 1807 ( = Hecaerge Ochsenheimer, 1816; = Chilea Billberg, 1820; = Hypatus Hübner, 1822; = Libythaeus Boitard, 1828; = Dichora Scudder, 1889)
    • Libythea geoffroy
      Libythea geoffroy
      The Purple Beak is a butterfly found in parts of India and Myanmar that belongs to the Libytheinae group of the Brush-footed butterflies family.-Description:Race alompra, Moore.Male upperside is pale brown....

      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
      Libythea narina
      The Whitespotted Beak is a butterfly found in India that belongs to the Libytheinae group of the Brush-footed butterflies family.-References:* Evans, W.H. The Identification of Indian Butterflies...

      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
      Libythea labdaca
      Libythea labdaca the African Snout Butterfly is a member of the butterfly subfamily Libytheinae found in Western and Central Africa.It forms vast migratory swarms ....

      Westwood & Hewitson, 1851
      • Libythea labdaca labdaca Westwood & Hewitson, 1851 ( = Libythea labdaca werneri Fruhstrofer, 1903)
      • Libythea labdaca ancoata Grose-Smith, 1891
      • Libythea labdaca laius Trimen, 1879 ( = Libythea labdaca cinyras Trimen, 1866; = Libythea labdaca lepitoides Moore, 1901; = Libythea labdaca tsiandava Grose-Smith, 1891)
    • Libythea myrrha
      Libythea myrrha
      The Club Beak is a butterfly found in India that belongs to the Libytheinae group of the Brush-footed butterflies family....

      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
      Libythea celtis
      The European Beak or Nettle-tree Butterfly is a butterfly of the Libytheinae group of the Brush-footed butterflies family.-Description:The upperside ground colour is rich silky brown...

      (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
        Libythea lepita
        The Common Beak is a butterfly found in India that belongs to the Libytheinae group of the Brush-footed butterflies family.-Description:The species was earlier considered a race of Libythea celtis...

        Moore, 1857
      • Libythea celtis sophene Fruhstorfer, 1914
    • Libythea cinyras
      Libythea cinyras
      Libythea cinyras was a species of butterfly in the nymphalid Libytheinae subfamily. It is now thought to be extinct. It was endemic to Mauritius. The only known specimen is the holotype.-External links:*...

      Trimen, 1866
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