African snout butterfly | |
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L. l. labdaca, Kakamega Forest, Kenya | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Libythea |
Species: | L. labdaca
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Binomial name | |
Libythea labdaca |
Libythea labdaca, the African snout butterfly, is a member of the butterfly subfamily Libytheinae found in western and central Africa.[2]
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).