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Libytheinae (snout butterfly)

Insecta - Lepidoptera - Nymphalidae

Taxonomy
Libytheidae was named by Boisduval (1836). It is extant. Its type is Libythea.

It was reranked as the subfamily Libytheinae by Sohn et al. (2012), Kawahara (2013) and de Jong (2017).

It was assigned to Ditrysia by Carpenter (1992); and to Nymphalidae by Sohn et al. (2012), Kawahara (2013) and de Jong (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1836Libytheidae Boisduval p. 167
1992Libytheidae Carpenter
2012Libytheinae Sohn et al. p. 65
2013Libytheinae Kawahara p. 8
2017Libytheinae de Jong p. 26

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAmphiesmenopteraKiriakoff 1948
—Metamphiesmenoptera
RankNameAuthor
—Euamphiesmenoptera
—Panendymenoptera
—Endymenoptera
—Stelloptera
orderLepidoptera
—Angiospermivora
suborderGlossata()
—CoelolepidaNielsen and Kristensen 1996
infraorderHeteroneuraTillyard 1918
—EulepidopteraKiriakoff 1948
—Euheteroneura
—DitrysiaBorner 1925
—ApoditrysiaMinet 1983
—ObtectomeraMinet 1986
superfamilyPapilionoidea
familyNymphalidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyLibytheinae(Boisduval 1836)
subfamilyLibytheinae(Boisduval 1836)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. Libytheinae Boisduval 1836 [snout butterfly]
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G. Libythea Fabricius 1807
G. Libytheana Michener 1943
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Invalid names: Oligodonta Brown 1976 [synonym]
G. †Prolibythea Scudder 1889
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†Prolibythea florissanti Scudder 1892
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Invalid names: Oligodonta florissantensis Brown 1976 [synonym]
†Prolibythea vagabunda Scudder 1889
Invalid names: Barbarothea Scudder 1892 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Chadronian or 37.20000 to 33.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Barbarothea florissanti (121481) Oligodonta florissantensis (122980) Prolibythea vagabunda (106384)