"The snout butterfly can be confused with no other species. Its labial palpi extend far forward from the head into a long beaklike snout from which it takes its name, and its forewings are hooked and abruptly squared off at the tips. The forewing above has white spots near the apex and large orange patches at the base."

The Tvetens (109) note that "Some authors now place this small group of butterflies in a subfamily Libytheinae within the larger family Nymphalidae." The usgs.gov webpage uses the newer classification, and I have followed their lead.

June 4, 2006.