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Libytheana carinenta larvata (Strecker, [1878])
(American Snout)

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C & S TX, NE Mexico, strays far N (regularly to to E CO)

Synonymy

(From: A Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada, Jonathan P. Pelham)

Genus Libytheana Michener, 1943

Am. Mus. Novit. (1232): 1, figs. 4-6 (genitalia of type-species). Type-species: Libythea bachmanii Kirtland, 1851, Family Visitor 2(76): 189, illustr. (= Papilio carinenta Cramer, 1777, Uitl. Kapellen 2(9): 18, pl. 108, figs. E, F; (16): 148 (index); subspecies), by original designation.

 

Libytheana carinenta (Cramer, 1777)

Uitl. Kapellen 2(9): 18, pl. 108, figs. E ♂ D, F ♂ V; (16): 148 (index).

Original Combination: Pap[ilio]. Nymph[alis]. Phaler[ata]. Carinenta

Type Locality: “Surinamen” “Suriname”

Types: Type(s) probably lost.

 

Libytheana carinenta larvata (Strecker, [1878])

Lepid. Rhop. Het. (14): 130-131.

Original Combination: Libythea Larvata

Type Locality: Not stated; “vicinity of New Braunfels and San Antonio, Southwestern Texas” implied from the introductory text. [Comal and Bexar counties]

Types: Syntypes in FMNH.

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