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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.
# Brenthis daphne
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
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and the Levant
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– 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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