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Libytheana
Genus of brush-footed butterflies / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Libytheana is a genus of nymphalid butterflies in the snout butterfly subfamily, Libytheinae.
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Libytheana | |
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American snout butterfly (Libytheana carinenta) | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Subfamily: | Libytheinae |
Genus: | Libytheana Michener, 1943 |
Species and subspecies | |
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Libytheana carinenta is found in both North and South America and is known to be migratory. The other species in the genus are restricted to the Caribbean.