Libytheana | |
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American snout butterfly (Libytheana carinenta) |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Subfamily: | Libytheinae |
Genus: |
Libytheana Michener, 1943 |
Species and subspecies | |
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Libytheana is a genus of nymphalid butterflies in the snout butterfly subfamily Libytheinae.
Libytheana carinenta is found in both North and South America, and the other species in the genus are restricted to the Caribbean.
Subfamily Libytheinae Boisduval, 1833