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The European Beak or Nettle-tree Butterfly (''Libythea celtis'') is a butterfly of the Libytheinae group of the Brush-footed butterflies family. ==Description== :''See glossary for terms used'' The upperside ground colour is rich silky brown. The fore wing has the cell filled with a broad orange-yellow streak which is subapically deeply indented above; a small discal orange-yellow spot present in interspace 1; a much larger, similarly coloured discal spot between veins 2 and 4, on the inner side touching the cell between veins 3 and 4; a subcostal white preapical spot and a quadrate double spot in interspaces 4 and 5, placed obliquely forward to the subcostal spot; this spot whitish above, orange below. Hind wing uniform, with an irregular curved, transverse, upper postdiscal orange patch extending from just below vein 3 to interspace 6, the portion in interspace 6 often detached. Underside ground-colour : fore wing brown, apex pale purplish irrorated with minute dark transverse striae and dots, orange markings as on the upperside but paler; hind wing uniform pale purplish irrorated with minute dark dots and transverse striae. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen dark brown ; beneath, palpi, thorax and abdomen concolorous with the tint of the underside of the hind wing.〔Bingham, C. T. 1905. Fauna of British India. Butterflies. Volume 1〕 Libythea celtis MHNT CUT 2013 19 Chateauvert Dos.jpg|Dosal side Libythea celtis MHNT CUT 2013 19 Chateauvert Ventre.jpg| △ Ventral side Southern Europe; Asia Minor. Also in the Chitral ranges. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Libythea celtis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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