Libythea

Libythea
Libythea celtis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Libytheinae
Genus:	Libythea Fabricius, 1807
Species and subspecies
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Libythea is a widespread genus of nymphalid butterflies commonly called beaks or snouts. They are strong fliers and may even be migratory. ^[1]

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

• LibytheaFabricius, 1807 (= HecaergeOchsenheimer, 1816; = ChileaBillberg, 1820; = HypatusHübner, 1822; = LibythaeusBoitard, 1828; = DichoraScudder, 1889)
  • Libythea geoffroy Godart, 1824
    • Libythea geoffroy geoffroyGodart, 1824
    • Libythea geoffroy alompraMoore, 1901 (= Libythea hauxwelliMoore, 1901)
    • Libythea geoffroy antipodaBoisduval, 1859 (= Libythea quadrinotataButler, 1877)
    • Libythea geoffroy bardasFruhstorfer, 1914
    • Libythea geoffroy batchianaWallace, 1869
    • Libythea geoffroy celebensisStaudinger, 1859
    • Libythea geoffroy ceramensisWallace, 1869
    • Libythea geoffroy deminutaFruhstorfer, 1910
    • Libythea geoffroy geniaWaterhouse, 1938
    • Libythea geoffroy howarthiPeterson, 1968
    • Libythea geoffroy maeniaFruhstorfer, 1902 (= Libythea geoffroy eugeniaFruhstorfer, 1910)
    • Libythea geoffroy nicevilleiOlliff, 1891
    • Libythea geoffroy orientalisGodman & Salvin, 1888
    • Libythea geoffroy philippinaStaudinger, 1889
    • Libythea geoffroy pulchraButler, 1882 (= Libythea neopommeranaPagenstecher, 1896)
    • Libythea geoffroy sumbensisPagenstecher, 1896
  • Libythea collenettei Poulton & Riley, 1928
  • Libythea narina Godart, 1819
    • Libythea narina narinaGodart, 1819 (= Libythea hatamiKenrick, 1911)
    • Libythea narina canuleiaFruhstorfer, 1910
    • Libythea narina luzonicaSemper, 1889
    • Libythea narina nahathakaFruhstorfer, 1914
    • Libythea narina neratiaFelder, 1864
    • Libythea narina rohiniMarshall, 1880 (= Libythea liberade Niceville, 1890; = Libythea hybridaMartin, 1896; = Libythea tiberaPagenstecher, 1902)
    • Libythea narina sanghaFruhstorfer, 1914
    • Libythea narina sumbawanaFruhstorfer, 1914
  • Libythea labdaca Westwood & Hewitson, 1851
    • Libythea labdaca labdacaWestwood & Hewitson, 1851 (= Libythea labdaca werneriFruhstrofer, 1903)
    • Libythea labdaca laiusTrimen, 1879 (= Libythea labdaca cinyrasTrimen, 1866; = Libythea labdaca lepitoidesMoore, 1901)
  • Libythea ancoata Grose-Smith, 1891
  • Libythea tsiandava Grose-Smith, 1891
  • Libythea myrrha Godart, 1819
    • Libythea myrrha myrrhaGodart, 1819
    • Libythea myrrha borneensisFruhstorfer, 1914
    • Libythea myrrha carmaFruhstorfer, 1914
    • Libythea myrrha hecuraFruhstorfer, 1914
    • Libythea myrrha myrrhinaFruhstorfer, 1910
    • Libythea myrrha ramaMoore, 1872
    • Libythea myrrha sanguinalisFruhstorfer, 1898
    • Libythea myrrha thiraFruhstorfer, 1914
    • Libythea myrrha yawaFruhstorfer, 1914
  • Libythea celtis (Fuessly, 1782) (original name = Papilio celtisFuessly, 1782)
    • Libythea celtis celtis(Fuessly, 1782)
    • Libythea celtis amamianaShirozu, 1956
    • Libythea celtis celtoidesFruhstorfer, 1909
    • Libythea celtis chinensisFruhstorfer, 1909
    • Libythea celtis formosanaFruhstorfer, 1909
    • Libythea celtis lepita Moore, 1857
    • Libythea celtis sopheneFruhstorfer, 1914
  • Libythea cinyras Trimen, 1866
  • Libythea laius Trimen, 1879
    • Libythea laius laiusTrimen, 1879
    • Libythea laius lepitoidesMoore, 1903
    • Libythea laius tsiandavaGrose-Smith 1891

References

1. 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.