Libythea lepita

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Divisio: Eulepidoptera
Sectio: Ditrysia
Subsectio: Apoditrysia
Clade: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Libytheinae
Genus: Libythea
Species: Libythea lepita
Subspecies: L. l. amamiana – L. l. formosana – L. l. lepita

Name

Libythea lepita (Moore, [1858])

Type locality: India, North India.

Holotype: BMNH . male ♂.

Synonyms

  • Libythea celtis chinensis Fruhstorfer, 1909 (synonymized by Kawahara 2013: 32)
  • Libythea celtis celtoides Fruhstorfer, 1909 (synonymized by Kawahara 2013: 32)
  • Libythea celtis matsumurae Fruhstorfer, 1909
  • Libythea lepita sophene Fruhstorfer, 1914 (synonymized by Kawahara 2013: 32)

References

  • Kawahara, A.Y., 2013: Systematic revision and review of the extant and fossil snout butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Libytheinae). Zootaxa 3631 (1): 1–74. preview: .


Vernacular names

English: Snout butterfly
日本語: テングチョウ
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