Libythea

Libythea
Libythea lepita
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.

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

• Libythea Fabricius, 1807 (= Hecaerge Ochsenheimer, 1816; = Chilea Billberg, 1820; = Hypatus Hübner, 1822; = Libythaeus Boitard, 1828; = Dichora Scudder, 1889)
  • Libythea geoffroy Godart, 1824
    • Libythea geoffroy geoffroy Godart, 1824
    • Libythea geoffroy alompra Moore, 1901 (= Libythea hauxwelli Moore, 1901)
    • Libythea geoffroy antipoda Boisduval, 1859 (= Libythea quadrinotata Butler, 1877)
    • Libythea geoffroy bardas Fruhstorfer, 1914
    • Libythea geoffroy batchiana Wallace, 1869
    • Libythea geoffroy celebensis Staudinger, 1859
    • Libythea geoffroy ceramensis Wallace, 1869
    • Libythea geoffroy deminuta Fruhstorfer, 1910
    • Libythea geoffroy genia Waterhouse, 1938
    • Libythea geoffroy howarthi Peterson, 1968
    • Libythea geoffroy maenia Fruhstorfer, 1902 (= Libythea geoffroy eugenia Fruhstorfer, 1910)
    • Libythea geoffroy nicevillei Olliff, 1891
    • Libythea geoffroy orientalis Godman & Salvin, 1888
    • Libythea geoffroy philippina Staudinger, 1889
    • Libythea geoffroy pulchra Butler, 1882 (= Libythea neopommerana Pagenstecher, 1896)
    • Libythea geoffroy sumbensis Pagenstecher, 1896
  • Libythea collenettei Poulton & Riley, 1928
  • Libythea narina Godart, 1819
    • Libythea narina narina Godart, 1819 (= Libythea hatami Kenrick, 1911)
    • Libythea narina canuleia Fruhstorfer, 1910
    • Libythea narina luzonica Semper, 1889
    • Libythea narina nahathaka Fruhstorfer, 1914
    • Libythea narina neratia Felder, 1864
    • Libythea narina rohini Marshall, 1880 (= Libythea libera de Niceville, 1890; = Libythea hybrida Martin, 1896; = Libythea tibera Pagenstecher, 1902)
    • Libythea narina sangha Fruhstorfer, 1914
    • Libythea narina sumbawana Fruhstorfer, 1914
  • Libythea labdaca Westwood & Hewitson, 1851
    • Libythea labdaca labdaca Westwood & Hewitson, 1851 (= Libythea labdaca werneri Fruhstrofer, 1903)
    • Libythea labdaca laius Trimen, 1879 (= Libythea labdaca cinyras Trimen, 1866; = Libythea labdaca lepitoides Moore, 1901)
  • Libythea ancoata Grose-Smith, 1891
  • Libythea tsiandava Grose-Smith, 1891
  • Libythea myrrha Godart, 1819
    • Libythea myrrha myrrha Godart, 1819
    • Libythea myrrha borneensis Fruhstorfer, 1914
    • Libythea myrrha carma Fruhstorfer, 1914
    • Libythea myrrha hecura Fruhstorfer, 1914
    • Libythea myrrha myrrhina Fruhstorfer, 1910
    • Libythea myrrha rama Moore, 1872
    • Libythea myrrha sanguinalis Fruhstorfer, 1898
    • Libythea myrrha thira Fruhstorfer, 1914
    • Libythea myrrha yawa Fruhstorfer, 1914
  • Libythea celtis (Fuessly, 1782) (original name = Papilio celtis Fuessly, 1782)
    • Libythea celtis celtis (Fuessly, 1782)
    • Libythea celtis amamiana Shirozu, 1956
    • Libythea celtis celtoides Fruhstorfer, 1909
    • Libythea celtis chinensis Fruhstorfer, 1909
    • Libythea celtis formosana Fruhstorfer, 1909
    • Libythea celtis lepita Moore, 1857
    • Libythea celtis sophene Fruhstorfer, 1914
  • Libythea cinyras Trimen, 1866