Libytheana
Libytheana is a genus of nymphalid butterflies in the snout butterfly subfamily, Libytheinae.
| Libytheana | |
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| American snout butterfly (Libytheana carinenta) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Libytheinae |
| Genus: | Libytheana Michener, 1943 |
| Species and subspecies | |
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Libytheana carinenta is found in both North and South America and is known to be migratory. The other species in the genus are restricted to the Caribbean.
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
- 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
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References
- Michener, C. D. (1943)
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