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Species profile—Libythea geoffroyi nicevillei (purple beak)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Insecta (insects) → Nymphalidae (danaids, browns and nymphs) → Libythea geoffroyi nicevillei (purple beak)

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Insecta (insects)
Family
Nymphalidae (danaids, browns and nymphs)
Scientific name
Libythea geoffroyi nicevillei Olliff, 1891
Common name
purple beak
Type reference
Olliff, A.S. (1891). Stray notes on Lepidoptera. No. 2. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 6(1), 27-30 [28].
WildNet taxon ID
2010
Synonym(s)
Libythea geoffroy nicevillei
Alternate name(s)
Australian beak butterfly
eastern libythea
Australian libythea
Conservation significant
No
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil

Other resources

Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM)
Atlas of Living Australia

Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=2010

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
8 March 2022
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