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Libythea
''Libythea'' is a widespread genus of nymphalid butterflies Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises ... 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) *** ''Libyth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libythea
''Libythea'' is a widespread genus of nymphalid butterflies Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises ... 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) *** ''Libyth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libythea Laius
''Libythea laius'', the lobed beak, is a member of the butterfly subfamily Libytheinae found in East Africa, Madagascar, southern India, and Sri Lanka. It was described by Roland Trimen Roland Trimen FRS (29 October 1840 in London – 25 July 1916 in London) was a British-South African naturalist, best known for ''South African Butterflies'' (1887–89), a collaborative work with Colonel James Henry Bowker. He was among ... in 1879. ''Libythea laius'' was formerly considered a synonym of '' Libythea labdaca'', which has similar dorsal wing markings, but it differs from that species in that the rectangular orange mark in the discal cell apex is fused to or separated from the discal cell base. Subspecies *''Libythea laius laius'' Trimen, 1879 (eastern and southern Africa, including Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe) *''Libythea laius lepitoides'' Moore, 1903 (southern India and Sri Lanka) *''Libythea laius tsiandava'' Grose-Smi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libythea Geoffroy
''Libythea geoffroy'', the purple beak, is a butterfly found in parts of India and Myanmar that belongs to the subfamily Libytheinae of the family Nymphalidae. Description Race ''alompra'', Moore. Male upperside is pale brown. Forewing: the cell, basal two-thirds of interspaces 1a, 1, 2 and 3, and the extreme base of interspace 4 suffused with a beautiful pale violescent blue; a curved series of three subquadrate preapical white spots. Hindwing: cell suffused with violescent blue extending faintly into interspaces 4, 5 and 6; a faintly-marked dull orange band below the lower apex of cell. Underside pale brown. If ore wing: apex grey, irrorated with minute dark spots; cell with a broad dull orange streak from base, followed by a violescent transverse spot in apex of cell; a large discal dull violescent spot in interspace 2 spreading slightly into interspace 3,. the curved series of three preapical spots as on the upperside but faintly dull violescent. Hindwing greyish brown, irr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libythea Collenettei
''Libythea collenettei'', the Marquesan snout butterfly, is a species of Nymphalid butterfly in the subfamily Libytheinae. The species was first described by Edward Bagnall Poulton and Norman Denbigh Riley in 1923. The specific name honours its original collector, Cyril Leslie Collenette, a member of the 1925 St George Expedition to French Polynesia. It is endemic to French Polynesia, ''L. collenettei'' is the only species of butterfly endemic to the Marquesas Islands. Its conservation status has not been evaluated by the IUCN. However, a survey by Akito Y. Kawahara and Emmanuel Toussaint in 2018 designates it as endangered using the IUCN 3.1 criterion, but with an overall lack of sightings it is possibly extinct. It was previously listed as extinct, but was rediscovered in 2001 by Kawahara. It is threatened by deforestation because encroaching Caribbean pine tree farms incentivize clearing the host plant ''Celtis pacifica'' from the Toovii Plateau of Nuku Hiva. It is mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libythea Labdaca
''Libythea labdaca'', the African snout butterfly, is a member of the butterfly subfamily Libytheinae found in western and central Africa. ''Libythea laius'' was considered as a synonym earlier as it mostly similar to ''L. labdaca'' by sharing similar dorsal wing markings. But it differs from the latter in that the rectangular orange mark in discal cell apex is fused or separated from discal cell base. 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 '' C. kraussiana'' and '' C. sayauxii''). African beak (Libythea labdaca labdaca) 2.jpg, Bobiri Forest, Ghana African beak (Libythea labdaca labdaca) underside 2.jpg, Bobiri Forest, Ghana African beak (Libythea labdaca labdaca) puddling.jpg, puddling, Bobiri Forest, Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libythea Cinyras
''Libythea cinyras'' was a species of butterfly in the nymphalid subfamily Libytheinae. It is now thought to be extinct. It was endemic to Mauritius. The only known specimen is the holotype A holotype is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism, known to have been used when the species (or lower-ranked taxon) was formally described. It is either the single such physical example (or illustration) or one of sever ..... 2007''Libythea cinyras'' Trimen 1866 InThe Tree of Life Web Project Version 3 December 2007 (under construction). Retrieved 31 October 2009. References External links ''Libythea cinyras'' holotype Butterflies described in 1866 Libythea Extinct butterflies Endemic fauna of Mauritius Extinct insects since 1500 Extinct animals of Mauritius Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by Roland Trimen Species known from a single specimen {{Nymphalidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libytheinae
The Libytheinae are a nymphalid subfamily known as snout butterflies, containing two valid genera and about ten species: six in '' Libythea'' and four in ''Libytheana''. The common name refers to the thick labial palps (pedipalps) that look like a "snout" in this subfamily. In older literature, this group was recognized as the family Libytheidae. They are medium-sized and typically a drab brown. The front legs are reduced in length and the ventral hindwings are cryptically colored to help them blend in with their surroundings. While at rest, the members of this subfamily keep their wings tightly closed to resemble dead leaves. Classification Libytheinae is a subfamily of the family Nymphalidae: *Family Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815 ** Subfamily Libytheinae Boisduval, 1833 *** '' Libythea'' Fabricius, 1807 *** ''Libytheana ''Libytheana'' is a genus of nymphalid butterflies in the snout butterfly subfamily, Libytheinae. ''Libytheana carinenta'' is found in both North and So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libythea Celtis
''Libythea celtis'', the European beak or nettle-tree butterfly, is a butterfly of the Libytheinae group of the Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies family. Description The upperside ground colour is rich silky brown. The forewing has the cell filled with a broad orange-yellow streak which is subapically deeply indented above; a small discal orange-yellow spot present in interspace 1; a much larger, similarly coloured discal spot between veins 2 and 4, on the inner side touching the cell between veins 3 and 4; a subcostal white preapical spot and a quadrate double spot in interspaces 4 and 5, placed obliquely forward to the subcostal spot; this spot whitish above, orange below. Hindwing uniform, with an irregular curved, transverse, upper postdiscal orange patch extending from just below vein 3 to interspace 6, the portion in interspace 6 often detached. Underside ground colour: forewing brown, apex pale purplish irrorated (sprinkled) with minute dark transverse striae and do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libythea Lepita
''Libythea lepita'', the common beak, is a butterfly that belongs to the Libytheinae group of the brush-footed butterflies family. It is found from southern India to Japan and its larval food plants include members of the Cannabaceae, particularly in the genera ''Celtis'' and '' Trema''. Description The species was earlier considered a race of ''Libythea celtis'', the European beak. The following description is based on the older treatment and the race ''lepita'' and ''lepitoides'' described below refer to this species. Race ''lepita'' Moore Race ''lepita'' ranges from the Himalayas (Shimla and Sikkim to Assam) to Upper Myanmar, China and Japan. It differs from the European beak ''Libythea celtis'' as follows: :Upperside ground colour a slightly darker brown. :Forewing: orange-yellow streak in cell much narrower for two-thirds of its length from base, then abruptly expanded anteriorly so as to fill the apex of the cell, the inner margin of the apical portion and the anterior ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libythea Ancoata
''Libythea ancoata'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found along the north-west coast of Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa .... References * * Butterflies described in 1891 Libythea Butterflies of Africa {{Nymphalidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libythea Tsiandava
''Libythea tsiandava'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa .... The habitat consists of deciduous and humid lowland forests. References Butterflies described in 1891 Libythea Butterflies of Africa {{Nymphalidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libythea Myrrha
''Libythea myrrha'', the club beak, is a butterfly found in India that belongs to the Libytheinae group of the brush-footed butterflies family found in the Indomalayan realm. Description Variable in the extent and breadth of the orange-yellow markings and in the mottling and ground colour of the underside. Typically males and females have the ground colour on the upperside dark brown, with the following orange-yellow markings: Forewing: a streak from the base along the median vein extending narrowly on each side of it and continued beyond as a comparatively large oval spot in base of interspace 2; two preapical double spots placed obliquely to the costa. Hindwing uniform, with a slightly oblique narrow medial band extending from vein 1 to vein 5. Underside forewing: ground colour brown; orange-yellow markings as on the upperside, but broader, more diffuse; apex and dorsal margin broadly shaded with pale grey irrorated with minute dark spots and transverse short striae. Hindwin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
