Libytheana
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Libytheana is a genus of nymphalid
butterflies in the snout butterfly
subfamily Libytheinae
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Libytheana carinenta (Cramer, 1777) is found in both North and South America, and the other species in the genus are restricted to the Caribbean.
Subfamily Libytheinae
Boisduval, 1833
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...
butterflies in the snout butterfly
Snout butterfly
The American Snout or Common Snout Butterfly is a member of the Libytheinae subfamily, in the brush-footed butterfly family Nymphalidae. This species is found in both North and South America. The larval host plants are Celtis spp. on which the eggs are laid singly...
subfamily Libytheinae
Libytheinae
Libytheinae is the nymphalid subfamily of the snout butterflies, containing two valid genera and about 10 species, 6 in Libythea and 4 in Libytheana. The common name refers to the thick labial palps that look like a "snout" in this subfamily. In older literature, this group was recognized as the...
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Libytheana carinenta (Cramer, 1777) is found in both North and South America, and the other species in the genus are restricted to the Caribbean.
Libytheana classification
- 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
Libytheinae
Libytheinae is the nymphalid subfamily of the snout butterflies, containing two valid genera and about 10 species, 6 in Libythea and 4 in Libytheana. The common name refers to the thick labial palps that look like a "snout" in this subfamily. In older literature, this group was recognized as the...
Boisduval, 1833
- Libytheana Michener, 1943
- Libytheana carinenta (Cramer, 1777) (original name = Papilio carinenta Cramer, 1777) Type species.
- Libytheana carinenta carinenta (Cramer, 1777)
- Libytheana carinenta mexicana Michener, 1943
- Libytheana carinenta bachmanii (Kirtland, 1851) (original name = Libythea bachmanii Kirtland, 1851; = Libythea bachmanii f. kirtlandi Field, 1938)
- Libytheana carinenta larvata (Strecker, 1877)
- Libytheana terena (Godart, 1819) (original name = Libythea terena Godart, 1819)
- Libytheana motya (Hübner, 1823) (original name = Hecaërge motya Hübner, [1823])
- Libytheana fulvescens (Lathy, 1904) (original name = Libythea fulvescens Lathy, 1904)
- Libytheana carinenta (Cramer, 1777) (original name = Papilio carinenta Cramer, 1777) Type species.