Libythea labdaca: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Genus
- Libythea
- Species
- Libythea labdaca
- Scientific Name
- Libythea labdaca
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Libythea labdaca
Libythea labdaca, the African snout butterfly, is a member of the butterfly subfamily Libytheinae found in western and central Africa.
It forms vast migratory swarms (over 1 billion butterflies were estimated in Ghana). The butterflies move south in the spring and north in the autumn.
The larvae feed on Celtis species (including C. kraussiana and C. sayauxii).
...Libythea labdaca in languages:
- English
- Northern African Snout
- English
- African Beak
Images from inaturalist.org observations:
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