Libytheinae

Taxobox

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image_caption = "Libytheana carinenta"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
unranked_familia = Rhopalocera
superfamilia = Papilionoidea
familia = Nymphalidae
subfamilia = Libytheinae
subfamilia_authority = Boisduval, 1833
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision =
* "Libythea" Fabricius, 1807
* "Libytheana" Michener, 1943
* See text.

Libytheinae is the nymphalid subfamily of the snout butterflies, containing two valid genera and about 10 species, 6 in "Libythea" and 4 in "Libytheana". The common name refers to the thick labial palps that look like a "snout" in this subfamily. In older literature, this group was recognized as the family Libytheidae.

Libytheinae classification

* Source: [http://www.nymphalidae.net/Classification/Higher_class.htm The higher classification of Nymphalidae, at Nymphalidae.net]
* Note: Names preceded by an equal sign ( = ) are synonyms, homonyms, rejected names or invalid names.

Family Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815
* Subfamily Libytheinae Boisduval, 1833
** "Libythea" Fabricius 1807 ( = "Hecaerge" Ochsenheimer 1816; = "Chilea" Billberg 1820; = invalid name "Hypatus" Hübner 1822; = "Libythaeus" Boitard, 1828; = homonym "Dichora" Scudder 1889)
** "Libytheana" Michener 1943

References

* Freitas, A. V. L., & Brown, K. S., Jr. (2004). Phylogeny of the Nymphalidae (Lepidoptera). "Systematic Biology, 53"(3), 363-383.
* Kawahara, A. Y. (2003). Rediscovery of Libythea collenettei Poulton & Riley (Nymphalidae: Libytheinae) in the Marquesas, and a description of the male. "J Lep Soc, 57", 81 - 85.
* Shields, O. (1984) A revised, annotated checklist of world Libytheidae. "Journal for Research on the Lepidoptera", 22: 264-266.

External Links

* [http://tolweb.org/Libytheinae/12193 Tree of Life: Libytheinae]