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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
 21603-BRACHA-PARPAR - 21603-BRACHA-PARPAR | 2 - B | 22-01-02 | 12:34:17 | SR:-- | Yellow
                                                                 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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                                                                                                                                                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
           2Butterflies of the Levant danaidae satyridae.indd   26                                             12/30/2021   4:20:52 PM  2Butterflies of the Levant danaidae satyridae.indd   23                                    12/30/2021   4:20:43 PM
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