Libytheana

Taxobox
name = "Libytheana"


image_width = 240px
image_caption = American snout butterfly "Libytheana carinenta" (Cramer, 1777).
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
familia = Nymphalidae
subfamilia = Libytheinae
genus = "Libytheana"
genus_authority = Michener, 1943
subdivision_ranks = Species and Subspecies
subdivision = See text.

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

"Libytheana carinenta" (Cramer, 1777) is found in both North and South America, and the other species in the genus are restricted to the Caribbean.

"Libytheana" 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.

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

* Michener, C. D. (1943)

External links

* [http://tolweb.org/Libytheana/12185 "Libytheana" page at Tree of Life]