Libythea labdaca

African Snout Butterfly
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Libythea
Species: L. labdaca
Binomial name
Libythea labdaca
Westwood, 1851[1]
Synonyms
  • Libythea laius Trimen, 1879

Libythea labdaca the African Snout Butterfly is a member of the butterfly subfamily Libytheinae found in Western and Central Africa.

It forms vast migratory swarms (over 1 billion butterflies were estimated in Ghana). The butterflies move south in the Spring and north in the Autumn.

The larvae feed on Celtis species (including Celtis kraussiana and C. sayauxii).

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