Libythea cinyras

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Libythea cinyras
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Libythea
Species: L. cinyras
Binomial name
Libythea cinyras
Trimen, 1866
Synonyms
  • Libythea labdaca cinyras

Libythea cinyras was a species of butterfly in the nymphalid Libytheinae subfamily. It is now thought to be extinct.[1] It was endemic to Mauritius. The only known specimen is the holotype.[2]

References

  1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Libythea cinyras. In: IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.1. Accessed 31 October 2009.
  2. Kawahara, Akito Y. & Niklas Wahlberg. 2007. Libythea cinyras Trimen 1866. In: The Tree of Life Web Project. Version 3 December 2007 (under construction). Accessed 31 October 2009.

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