''Libythea laius'', the lobed beak, is a member of the butterfly subfamily

Libytheinae The Libytheinae are a nymphalid subfamily known as snout butterflies, containing two valid genera and about ten species: six in ''Libythea'' and four in '' Libytheana''. The common name refers to the thick labial palps (pedipalps) that look like ...

found in

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, southern

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, and

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. It was described by

Roland Trimen Roland Trimen Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS (29 October 1840 in London – 25 July 1916 in London) was a British-South African Natural history, naturalist, best known for ''South African Butterflies'' (1887–89), a collaborative work wi ...

in 1879. ''Libythea laius'' was formerly considered a synonym of '' Libythea labdaca'', which has similar dorsal wing markings, but it differs from that species in that the rectangular orange mark in the discal cell apex is fused to or separated from the discal cell base.

Subspecies

*''Libythea laius laius'' Trimen, 1879 (eastern and southern Africa, including Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe) *''Libythea laius lepitoides'' Moore, 1903 (southern India and Sri Lanka) *''Libythea laius tsiandava'' Grose-Smith 1891 (Madagascar)

References

External links

"''Libythea laius'' Trimen 1879"
''Tree of Life Web Project''.
"''Libythea laius'' Trimen, 1879 – Lobed Beak"
''Butterflies of India'' Butterflies described in 1879 Libythea Taxa named by Roland Trimen Butterflies of Africa Butterflies of Sri Lanka {{Nymphalidae-stub