African Snout

Libythea est un genre de lépidoptères (papillons) de la famille des Nymphalidae et de la sous-famille des Libytheinae. Caractéristiques Bons voiliers, la plupart sont migrateurs. Systématique Le genre Libythea a été décrit par l'entomologiste danois Johan Christian Fabricius en 1807.

Libythea laius, the lobed beak, is a member of the butterfly subfamily Libytheinae found in East Africa, Madagascar, southern India, and Sri Lanka. It was described by Roland Trimen in 1879. Libythea laius was formerly considered a synonym of Libythea labdaca, which has similar dorsal wing markings, but it differs from that species in that the rectangular orange mark in the discal cell apex is fused to or separated from the discal cell base.

Libythea es un género de mariposas ninfálidos. Son grandes voladores y pueden realizar migraciones. ​ Libythea Fuente: The higher classification of Nymphalidae, at Nymphalidae.