Species Libythea geoffroyi Godart, 1824
Purple Beak
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Libythea geoffroy Godart, 1824. —
Kawahara, A.Y. 2013. Systematic revision and review of the extant and fossil snout butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Libytheinae). Zootaxa 3631(1-74) (corrected name to geoffroyi)
Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement
- Waterhouse, G.A. 1938. Notes on Australian butterflies in the Australian Museum. No. 1. Records of the Australian Museum 20(3): 217-222 [217]
- Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [413]
- Shields, O. 1984. A revised, annotated checklist of the world Libytheidae. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 22(4): 264-266 [264] (checklist)
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Extralimital distribution—Oriental Region, Indonesia (Irian Jaya, Maluku), New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands.
IBRA
NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Northern Territory: N coastal
- Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
- Western Australia: N coastal
- Indonesia
- Irian Jaya
- Maluku
- New Caledonia
- Papua New Guinea
- Solomon Islands
Oriental Region
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Celtis paniculata (Endl.) Planch. [ULMACEAE] Silky Celtis).
Details of nominate subspecies, not present in Australia
Libythea geoffroy geoffroy Godart, 1824
Libythea geoffroy Godart, J.B. 1824. Zoologie. Vol. 9 Pt 2 pp. 329–706 708–711 794–828 in Latreille, P.A. & Godart, J.B. Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire Naturelle. Entomologie, ou Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, des Arachnides et des Insectes. Paris. [publication date: Cowan, C.F. 1968. [publication dates] Enc. Méth. 9. Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 4(7): 307–311, 390, Sherborn, C.D. & Woodward, B.B. 1906. On the dates of publication of the natural history portions of the Encyclopédie Méthodique. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 17: 577–582, Sherborn, C.D. & Woodward, B.B. 1899. On the dates of the Encyclopédie Méthodique: additional note. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1899(3): 595] [fig. 2].
Type data: syntypes whereabouts unknown ♂*; Godart in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described or figured.
Type locality: Java (in original description).
General References
Heppner, J.B. & Inoue, H. (eds) 1992. Lepidoptera of Taiwan. Checklist. Gainsville : Association for Tropical Lepidoptera Vol. 1(2) xlix 276 pp. [139] (publication date)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07-Mar-2024 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 04-Feb-2023 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 22-Dec-2023 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby (ANU) |
| 13-May-2022 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 26-Feb-2021 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 04-Jun-2020 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 04-Jun-2020 | NYMPHALIDAE Rafinesque, 1815 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 06-Sep-2017 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Mar-2013 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 30-Mar-2012 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 28-Mar-2012 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
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