Libytheana | |
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American snout butterfly (Libytheana carinenta) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
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 is a genus of nymphalid butterflies in the snout butterfly subfamily, Libytheinae.
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.