Libythea geoffroy

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Blue Beak
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Superfamily: Papilionoidea Family: Nymphalidae Subfamily: Danainae Genus: Libythea Species: L. geoffroy
Binomial name
Libythea geoffroy Moore, 1901/03

The Blue Beak (Libythea myrrha) is a butterfly found in India that belongs to the Libytheinae group of the Brush-footed butterflies family.

Contents 1 Description 2 Range 3 Status 4 Habitat 5 Habits 6 Life History 6.1 Egg 6.2 Caterpillar 6.3 Pupa 6.4 Foodplants 7 References 8 See also

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• Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India
• Gaonkar, Harish (1996) Butterflies of the Western Ghats, India (including Sri Lanka) - A Biodiversity Assessment of a threatened mountain system. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.
• Gay,Thomas; Kehimkar,Isaac & Punetha,J.C.(1992) Common Butterflies of India. WWF-India and Oxford University Press, Mumbai, India.
• Haribal, Meena (1994) Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and their Natural History.
• Kunte,Krushnamegh (2005) Butterflies of Peninsular India. Universities Press.
• Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.

[edit] See also

• Libytheinae
• Nymphalidae
• List of butterflies of India
• List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)