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snout butterfly

insect
Also known as: Libytheinae
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  • Longwing
    Lepidoptera
    / Annotated classification

    …rear; spin crude cocoons; the Libytheinae (snout butterflies) are so named because of their long protruding palps; the very large Brassolinae and iridescent Morphinae are Neotropical, as are the highly distasteful, aposematic Heliconiinae and Ithomiinae that, with the worldwide Danainae, are models in many mimicry complexes; most of the pantropical…

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    …rear; spin crude cocoons; the Libytheinae (snout butterflies) are so named because of their long protruding palps; the very large Brassolinae and iridescent Morphinae are Neotropical, as are the highly distasteful, aposematic Heliconiinae and Ithomiinae that, with the worldwide Danainae, are models in many mimicry complexes; most of the pantropical…

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