---
title: "American Snout"
description: "Libytheana carinenta — Insecten en spinnen. Libytheana carinenta also called the American snout butterfly or common snout butterfly is a member of the subfamily Libytheinae in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/american-snout
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# American Snout

> Libytheana carinenta — Insecten en spinnen. Libytheana carinenta also called the American snout butterfly or common snout butterfly is a member of the subfamily Libytheinae in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae.

- Scientific name: *Libytheana carinenta*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 41607
- Wikidata: [Q3362903](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3362903)
- iNaturalist taxon: [58561](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/58561)

## Names

- en: American Snout
- es: Mariposa pinocho
- fr: Papillon longs-palpes

## Countries with the most observations

US (34673), MX (4477), AR (557), CA (535), BR (456), BO (37), HN (31), UY (21), GT (13), NI (13), SV (12), BZ (11)

## Summary

Libytheana carinenta also called the American snout butterfly or common snout butterfly is a member of the subfamily Libytheinae in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae. This species is found in both North and South America. The larval host plants are Celtis species on which the eggs are laid singly. Massive migrations of this species often attract attention in the Texas and Mexican newspapers.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_snout

## Photo

![American Snout](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/american-snout/medium.jpg)

Photo: Vince Hale · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/279030841

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/american-snout?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).