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Libytheana

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

Class
  
Insecta

Subfamily
  
Libytheinae

Rank
  
Genus

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Libytheana is a genus of nymphalid butterflies in the snout butterfly subfamily Libytheinae.

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Libytheana carinenta is found in both North and South America, and the other species in the genus are restricted to the Caribbean.

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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

  • Libytheana Michener, 1943
  • Libytheana carinenta (Cramer, 1777) (original name = Papilio carinenta Cramer, 1777) type species
  • Libytheana carinenta carinenta (Cramer, 1777)
  • Libytheana carinenta mexicana Michener, 1943
  • Libytheana carinenta bachmanii (Kirtland, 1851) (original name = Libythea bachmanii Kirtland, 1851; = Libythea bachmanii f. kirtlandi Field, 1938)
  • Libytheana carinenta larvata (Strecker, 1877)
  • Libytheana terena (Godart, 1819) (original name = Libythea terena Godart, 1819)
  • Libytheana motya (Hübner, 1823) (original name = Hecaërge motya Hübner, [1823])
  • Libytheana fulvescens (Lathy, 1904) (original name = Libythea fulvescens Lathy, 1904)

    • References

    Libytheana Wikipedia
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