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Libythea Fabricius, 1807

Beaks Snouts
Libythea Fabricius, 1807; Magazin f. Insektenk. (Illiger) 6: 284, TS: Papilio celtis Laicharting
Hecaerge Ochsenheimer, 1816; Schmett. Eur. 4: 32, TS: Papilio celtis Laicharting
Chilea Billberg, 1820; Enum. Ins. Mus. Billb.: 79 (repl. for Libythea Fabricius, 1807))
Hypatus Hübner, 1822; Syst.-alph. Verz.: 3, TS: Papilio celtis Laicharting
Libythaeus Boitard, 1828; Manuel Ent. 2: 299 (unj. emend. of Libythea Fabricius, 1807)
Dichora Scudder, 1889; Ann. Rep. U.S. Geol. Survey 8 (1): 470 (nec Dichora Paetel, 1875 (Mollusca?)), TS: Libythea labdaca Westwood
Libythea, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]

Lybythea ; Rafinesque, 1815, (missp.) Libythoea ; Godart, 1821, (missp.) Hecaaerge ; Blanchard, 1840, (missp.) Libythaea ; Lucas, 1856, (missp.) Libathea ; Edwards, 1874, Butts N. Amer. 2: pl. (missp.) Libytahe ; Heyne, 1895, (missp.)

(Libythea) ; Godman & Salvin, [1884], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 359 Libythea (Libytheidae) ; [BRU2, 9] Libythea (Libytheinae) ; [Wahlberg] Libythea (Libytheina) ; [AfrL]

Libythea celtis (Laicharting, [1782])

NAF, SEU, Asia Minor, AS, Chitral, Formosa, Japan. See [About maps] Nettle-tree Butterfly European Beak
Papilio celtis Laicharting, [1782]; in Fuessly, Arch. Insectengesch. (Heft 2) (4): 1, pl. 8, f. 1-3, TL: "Bolzano" [Italy]
Libythea celtis, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Libythea celtis, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Libythea celtis, Europaische Schmetterlinge [Mario Maier]
Libythea celtis ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 207, f. 4]; [BOR, 404]; [MRS, 599]; [BMAT: 69, pl. 19, f. 7-10]; [BRU2, 9, pl. 1, f. 1-3]; [Otakar Kudrna]

533x400 (~46Kb) underside An edge of a coastal forest in the Mys Martyan nature reserve in the Yalta suburbs, Crimea, Ukraine. 1st July 1991, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

870x597 (~78Kb) upperside Ranzan, Saitama, Japan, 6-95, Photo © S. Shuichi Haupt

1600x1200 (~142Kb) upperside Italy, Ravenna 2.4.2004, Photo © Maurizio Elia

Larva on Celtis australis [H&R], Celtis glabrata [BRU2]

L. c. celtis

L. c. leptoides Moore²

Ceylon, S.India Libythea celtis leptoides ; [BOR, 404]

L. c. chinensis Fruhstorfer

Libythea celtis chinensis ; [MRS, 599]

L. c. celtoides Fruhstorfer, 1909

L. c. formosana Fruhstorfer, 1908

Taiwan Libythea celtis formosana ; [BOR, 404]; [MRS, 599]

L. c. lepita Moore, [1858]

China, Ceylon, S.India, Kashmir - Assam, N.Burma Common Beak
Libythea lepita Moore, [1858]; in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy (1): 240
Libythea lepita ; [BOW: pl. 184, f. 11]
Libythea celtis lepita ; [BOR, 404]
Libtyhea celtis lepita ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 102 (note)

Larva on Celtis australis [BIR]

Libythea geoffroy Godart, [1824]

Burma, Thailand, Philippines, Papua, New Guinea, Australia. See [About maps] Libythea geoffroy Godart, [1824]; Mém. Soc. linn. Paris 2: 2
Libythea geoffroy, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
Libythea geoffroy ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 184, f. 9-10]
Libythea geoffroyi ; [BOR, 404]; [MRS, 600]

Larva on Celtis paniculata K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts. (1-4): (120-140)

L. g. geoffroy

Java, Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Timor, Wetar Libythea geoffroyi geoffroyi ; [BOR, 404]; [BAUR, 252]

L. g. alompra Moore, [1901]

Burma, Borneo Libythea geoffroyi alompra ; [BOR, 404 (note)]

L. g. sumbensis Pagenstecher²

Sumba Libythea geoffroyi sumbensis ; [BOR, 404 (note)]

L. g. celebensis Staudinger²

Sulawesi Libythea geoffroyi celebensis ; [BOR, 404 (note)]

L. g. maenia Fruhstorfer, 1909

Waigeu, West Irina - Papua, Yule I. Libythea geoffroyi maenia ; [BAUR, 252]

Larva on Pometia pinnata, Cryptocarya [BAUR]

L. g. batchiana Wallace²

Obi, Bachan, Halmahera Libythea geoffroyi batchiana ; [BAUR, 252]

L. g. ceramensis Wallace²

Ambon, Serang Libythea geoffroyi ceramensis ; [BAUR, 252 (text)]

L. g. eugenia Fruhstorfer²

Kai I. Libythea geoffroyi eugenia ; [BAUR, 252]

L. g. genia Waterhouse, 1938

NW.Australia Australian Beak
Libythea genia Waterhouse, 1938
Libythea geoffroyi genia ; [BAUR, 252 (text)]

L. g. nicevillei Olliff, 1891

Cape York - Cairns Libythea nicevillei Olliff, 1891
Libythea geoffroyi nicevillei ; [BAUR, 252 (text)]

L. g. antipoda Boisduval²

New Caledonia, Loyalty Is. ?quadrinotata Butler²
Libythea geoffroyi antipoda ; [BAUR, 252 (text)]

L. g. orientalis Godart²

Guadalcanal Libythea geoffroyi orientalis ; [BAUR, 252 (text)]

L. g. pulchra Butler²

New Britain, Duke of York?, New Ireland? Libythea geoffroyi pulchra ; [BAUR, 253 (text)]

L. g. howarthi Peterson²

Rennell I. Libyteha geoffroyi howarthi ; [BAUR, 253]

Libythea labdaca Westwood, [1851]

-. See [About maps] African Beak African Snout
Libythea labdaca Westwood, [1851]; Gen. diurn. Lep. (2): pl. 68, f. 6, text: 413 nota
Libythea labdaca, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Libythea labdaca ; [EBW]
Libtyhea labdaca ; [BOW: pl. 127, f. 38]
Libythea labdaca ; [BK, 254]; [AfrL]

Larva on Celtis [BK]

L. l. labdaca

Guinea - Ethiopia, Uganda, W.Kenya Libythea labdaca labdaca ; [BAFR, 409]; [AfrL]

L. l. laius Trimen, 1879

Transkei - Natal - Moçcambique - Rhodesia, E.Kenya - Angola Libythea labdaca laius Trimen, 1879; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1879: 337
Libythea laius ; [EBW, (name only)]
Libythea labdaca laius ; [BAFR, 409]; [BK, 254]; [AfrL]

Larva on Celtis kraussiana, C. sayauxii [PBSA]

Libythea tsiandava Grose-Smith, 1891

NW.Madagascar. See [About maps] Libythea tsiandava Grose-Smith, 1891; , TL: Madagascar, Mahobo
Libythea labdaca tsiandava ; [BAFR, 409 (text)]
Libythea tsiandava ; [MadL]; [AfrL]

Libythea ancoata Grose-Smith, 1891

Madagascar. See [About maps] Libythea ancoata Grose-Smith, 1891; , TL: NW.Madagascar
Libythea ancoata ; [BAFR, 409 (text)]; [MadL]; [AfrL]

Libythea myrrha Godart, 1819

Ceylon, S.India, Kulu - Assam, Burma, Malaya. See [About maps] Club Beak
Libythea myrrha Godart, 1819; Encyclopédie Méthodique. 9 (1): 169, 171, no. 4, TL: Bombay
Libythea myrrha ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 184, f. 12-13]; [BOR, 404]; [MRS, 599]

Larva on Celtis tetrandra [BIR], Celtis sinensis [MRS]

L. m. myrrha

Java, Bali, Lombok, ?Sumbawa ?yawa Fruhstorfer
Libythea myrrha myrrha ; [BOR, 404]

L. m. hecura Fruhstorfer, ?1914

Peninsular Malaya Libythea hecura Fruhstorfer, ?1914; in Seitz, [??]
Libythea myrrha hecura ; [BMP: 201, pl. 31, f. 1]

Larva on Celtis tetrandra [BMP]

L. m. sanguinalis Fruhstorfer, 1898

Sikkim, Assam - Burma, Thailand, Indo China, S.China, Sumatra Libythea myrrha sanguinalis Fruhstorfer, 1898; Sikkim
?myrrhina Fruhstorfer
Libythea myrrha sanguinalis ; [BOR, 404]; [MRS, 599]

L. m. thira Fruhstorfer, 1914

L. m. borneensis Fruhstorfer²

Borneo Libythea myrrha borneensis ; [BOR, 404]

L. m. rama Moore²

Ceylon Libythea myrrha rama ; [BOR, 404]

L. m. carma Fruhstorfer²

S.India Libythea myrrha carma ; [BOR, 404]

Libythea narina Godart, 1819

Philippines, New Guinea, Sumba. See [About maps] White-Spotted Beak
Libythea narina Godart, 1819; Encyclopédie Méthodique. 9 (1): 169, 171, no. 5
Libythea narina ; [BOW: pl. 184, f. 14]; [BOR, 404]

L. n. narina

Java, Bali, Lombok Libythea narina narina ; [BOR, 404]

L. n. rohini Marshall, [1881]

Assam - Peninsular Malaya, Langkawi Is. Libythea narina rohini ; [BMP: 202, pl. 31, f. 2]; [BOR, 404]

L. n. hybrida Martin²

Sumatra Libythea narina hybrida ; [BOR, 404]

L. n. sumbawana Fruhstorfer²

Sumbawa Libythea narina sumbawana ; [BOR, 404]

L. n. sangha Fruhstorfer²

Sumba Libythea narina sangha ; [BOR, 404]

L. n. canuleia Fruhstorfer²

Sulawesi Libythea narina canuleia ; [BOR, 404]

L. n. luzonica Moore²

Philippines Libythea narina luzonica ; [BOR, 404]

L. n. neratia Felder²

Moluccas nahathaka Fruhstorfer²
Libythea narina neratia ; [BAUR, 252]

L. n. hatami Kenrick²

West Irian (Arfak Mtn.) Libythea narina hatami ; [BAUR, 252 (text)]

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References:

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automaticly generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

[AfrL]

Mark C. Williams; Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperoidea; Compiled by Mark C. Williams, 7th ed. (2008) (April 2007); e-mail: Mark C. Williams

[BAFR]

D'Abrera, 1980; Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region

[BAUR]

D'Abrera, 1977; Butterflies of the Australian Region (2nd edn)

[BCA]

electronic; BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA

[BIR]

Wynter-Blyth, M. A., 1957; Butterflies of the Indian Region; (1982 Reprint)

[BK]

Larsen, Torben B., 1996; The Butterflies of Kenya and their natural history

[BMAT]

Tennent, John, 1996; The butterflies of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia; ISBN 0 906802 05 9

[BMP]

Eliot (Ed.), Corbet & Pendlebury, 1992; The Butterflies of The Malay Peninsula; 4th edition; ISBN 983-9681-05-2

[BOR]

D'Abrera, B., 1982, 1985, 1986; Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part I-III

[BOW]

Lewis, H. L., 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X

[BRU2]

Tuzov (ed.), Bogdanov, Churkin, Devyatkin, Dantchenko, Murzin, Samodurov, Zhdanko, 2000; Guide to the Butterflies of Russia and adjacent territories; Libytheidae, Danaidae, Nymphalidae, Riodinidae, Lycaenidae; Volume 2

[Don Herbison-Evans]

and Stella A. Crossley; Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans

[EBW]

Smart, Paul, 1976; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World; ISBN 0 600 31381 6

[H&R]

Higgins, L.G, Riley, N.D, 1970; A Field Guide to the Butterflies of Britain and Europe

[HBN]

Francis Hemming, 1937; HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2

[MBE]

Moths and Butteflies of Europe; Paolo Mazzei, Diego Reggianti and Ilaria Pimpinelli; http://www.leps.it/

[MRS]

Chou Io (Ed.); Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium, 1-2

[MadL]

Lees, D.C., Kremen, C. and Raharitsimba, H. 2003; in S.M. Goodman & J. P. Benstead (eds.), The Natural History of Madagascar; Classification, Diversity and Endemism of the Butterflies (Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea): A Revised Species Checklist: : pp. 762-793; University of Chicago Press. 1709 pp.

[Mario Maier]

Europäische Schmetterlinge; e-mail: Mario Maier

[Maurizio Elia]

Ravenna, Italy; e-mail: Maurizio Elia

[Oleg Kosterin]

Institue of Cytology & Genetics; Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk; e-mail: Oleg Kosterin; http://pisum.bionet.nsc.ru/kosterin/

[PBSA]

Dickson, C.G.C (ed.), Kroon, D.M.; Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa; AD. DONKER 1978

[S. Shuichi Haupt]

e-mail: S. Shuichi Haupt; http://www.tu-berlin.de/fb7/ioeb/biologie/stefan.htm

[Wahlberg]

Niklas Wahlberg; The NSG's voucher specimen database; Nymphalidae Systematics Group

[²]

This may require parentheses or not. I don't have the necessary information for this taxon.

Some related literature:

Westwood, [1851]

The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera, comprising their generic characters, a notice of their habitats and transformations, and a catalogue of the species of each genus; illustrated with 86 plates by W. C. Hewitson Gen. diurn. Lep. (1): 1-18, pl. A, 1-4 (1-2) (1846), 19-132, pl. 4x, 5-25, 28 (3-14) (1847), 133-200, pl. 1x, 26, 27, 29, 31-44 (15-23) (1848), 201-242, pl. 30, 45-52, 56-58, 60-62, 64 (24-31) (1849), (2): 243-326, pl. 53-55, 63, 65, 66 (32-38) (1850), 327-466, pl. 59, 67-77 (39-50) (1851), 467-534, 143, 144, pl. 78-80 (Index) (51-54) (1852)

K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991

Review of Australian Butterflies: distribution, life history and taxonomy. Pushlished by authors, Melbourne Review Austr. Butts. (1-4):

Edwards, 1874

Butteflies of North America. Vol. II. Butts N. Amer. 2: 357pp, 51pls

Fabricius, 1807

Systema Glossatorum. Die neueste Gattungs-Eintheilung der Schmetterlinge aus den Linnéischen Gattungen Papilio und Sphinx Magazin f. Insektenk. (Illiger) 6: 277-295

Godman & Salvin, [1884]

Biologia Centrali-Americana. Rhopalocera. Vol. 1. (1879-1886) Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 1-487, 3: pl. 1-112

Huang, 2003

A list of butterflies collected from Nujiang (Lou Tse Kiang) and Dulongiang, China with descriptions of new species, and revisional notes Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 3-114

Hübner, 1822

Systematisch-alphabetisches Verzeichniss aller bisher bey den Fürbildungen zur Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge angegebenen Gattungsbenennungen; mit Vormerkung auch augsburgischer Gattungen, von Jacob Hübner Syst.-alph. Verz.: [I-III], IV-VI, [1]-2-81

Kawahara, 2003

Rediscovery of Libythea collenettei Poulton & Riley (Nymphalidae: Libytheinae) in the Marquesas, and a description of the male J. Lep. Soc. 57 (2): 81-85

Moore, [1858]

A Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of the Hon. East-India Company in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy (1): v,[ii] + 1-278 + IV + 11, 18pls, expl.

Poulton & Riley, 1928

The Rhopalocera of the "St. George" Expedition, from French Oceania Trans. ent. Soc. London 76: 453-468, 1pl

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