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Libytheidae 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 117270

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Common Name(s): snout butterflies [English]
  
  Valid Name: Libytheinae Boisduval, 1833
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: invalid - subsequent name/combination   
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: unknown   
  Latest Record Review: 2009   
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Libytheidae, snout butterflies [English]   
       
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Pelham, Jonathan P.   
  Publication Date: 2008   
  Article/Chapter Title: A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada with a complete bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, vol. 40   
  Page(s): xiv + 658   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0022-4324   
  Notes: As noted in the Introduction, Pelham intentionally diverges from the Code's provisions on gender agreement (Articles 31 & 34), following original orthography instead   
  Reference for: Libytheidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Rutowski, Ronald L., Barbara Terkanian, and Ofer Eitan   
  Publication Date: 1997   
  Article/Chapter Title: Male mate-locating behavior and yearly population cycles in the snout butterfly, Libytheana bachmanii (Libytheidae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, vol. 51, no. 3   
  Page(s): 197-207   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0024-0966   
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  Reference for: Libytheidae   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Pelham (2008:278) places the subfamily Libytheinae in the Nymphalidae, rather than treating it as a full family  
 

 

    


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