''Libythea'' is a widespread genus of
nymphalid
The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have ...
butterflies
Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...
commonly called beaks or snouts. They are strong fliers and may even be migratory.
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
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 subfamily Libytheinae of the family Nymphalidae.
Description
Race ''alompra'', Moore.
Male upperside is pale brown.
Forewing: the ce ...
''
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
''Libythea collenettei'', the Marquesan snout butterfly, is a species of Nymphalid butterfly in the subfamily Libytheinae. The species was first described by Edward Bagnall Poulton and Norman Denbigh Riley in 1923. The specific name honours its ...
''
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
''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 (over 1 billion butterflies were estimated in Ghana). The butterflies mov ...
''
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
''Libythea ancoata'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found along the north-west coast of Madagascar
Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numero ...
''
Grose-Smith, 1891
** ''
Libythea tsiandava
''Libythea tsiandava'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Madagascar
Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral is ...
''
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 found in the Indomalayan realm.
Description
Variable in the extent and breadth of the orange-yellow ...
''
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. The forewing has the cell filled ...
''
(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
''Libythea cinyras'' was a species of butterfly in the nymphalid subfamily Libytheinae. It is now thought to be extinct. It was endemic to Mauritius. The only known specimen is the holotype
A holotype (Latin: ''holotypus'') is a single p ...
''
Trimen, 1866
** ''
Libythea laius
''Libythea laius'', the lobed beak, is a member of the butterfly subfamily Libytheinae found in East Africa, Madagascar, southern India, and Sri Lanka. It was described by Roland Trimen
Roland Trimen Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS (29 Oct ...
''
Trimen, 1879
*** ''Libythea laius laius''
Trimen, 1879
*** ''Libythea laius lepitoides''
Moore, 1903
*** ''Libythea laius tsiandava''
Grose-Smith 1891
References
Libytheinae
Nymphalidae genera
Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius
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