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Subfamily /LE\WKHLQDH


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 L. L. L L. L celtis  The snout butterflies are a small Nymphalid subfamily of   Brenthis Hübner, [1819]
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                                                                      4 species, Palaearctic.
 fourteen species distributed in the tropical and subtropical
 regions of the world.                                                1 species in the Levant.
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 It includes two genera:                                              +RVWSODQWV  Fabaceae, Rosaceae, Violaceae.
 - Libythea Fabricius, 1807
 Ten species in the old world, Asia and Australia where the Purple
 Beak (L.  geoffroy) is distributed in SE Asia and N Australia
 (illustr.). Only one species flies in Europe, coastal N/NW Africa
 21603-BRACHA-PARPAR - 21603-BRACHA-PARPAR | 2 - B | 22-01-02 | 12:34:17 | SR:-- | Magenta
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 and the Levant
 #21603-BRACHA-PARPAR - 21603-BRACHA-PARPAR | 2 - B | 22-01-02 | 12:34:17 | SR:-- | Black
 21603-BRACHA-PARPAR - 21603-BRACHA-PARPAR | 2 - B | 22-01-02 | 12:34:17 | SR:-- | Cyan
 –  L.  celtis (illustr.) and one species in Africa including the
 Comoro Islands and Madagascar – L. labdaca. (illustr.)
 - Libytheana Michener, 1943                                          Argynnis Fabricius, 1807
 Four species in N, C & S America: L. carinenta from USA through
 C America to S America down to Argentina (illustr.). The other       (Including Argyreus Scopoli, 1777, Argyronome
 three spp. fly in the Caribbean Islands.                             Hübner, [1819], Childrena Hemming, 1943,
 © Eddie John                                                         Damora Nordmann, 1851 & Fabriciana Reuss,
 The typical long palpi (“snout”) of all the snout butterflies;       1920)
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 L. L labdacca  aimed forward together with both antennae looks like leaf stalk
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 of the brown wings (“leaves”), “evidently evolved to perfect leaf-  Argynnis paphia  About 25 species, manly Palaearctic, also
 like camouflage” (Scott, 1986: 344). These are fast flyers with      Oriental & African.
 fluttering-darting Skipper-like flight. Most of the species are      5 species in the Levant.
 migrants having brown colours with orange patches and white
 spots, except south-eastern Asian Purple Beak (purple male,          +RVWSODQWV  Rosaceae, Valerianaceae,
 brown female).                                                       Violaceae.
                    Subfamily /LPHQLWLGLQDH   Behr, 1864
                                                                  Limenitis reducta  +RVWSODQWV   Betulaceae, Caprifoliaceae, Fagaceae,
 © Adrian Hoskins                                                     Limenitis Fabricius, 1807
  L. celtis                                                           About 25 species, Holarctic, 2 also Neotropical. 1
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                                                                      Rosaceae, Salicaceae.
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                     Subfamily  %LEOLGLQDH  Boisduval, 1833
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 L. geofffroy                                                         Byblia Hübner, [1819]
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                                                                  Byblia ilithyia  2 species in the Levant.
 L. carinenta
  L. carinenta                                                        2 species, Palaeotropical.
                                                                      +RVWSODQWV  Euphorbiaceae.
 L. geoffroy
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  © Antonio Giudici
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