†Praepapilio Durden and Rose 1978 (swallowtail butterfly)
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Insecta - Lepidoptera - Papilionidae
Full reference: C. J. Durden and H. Rose. 1978. Butterflies from the Middle Eocene: the earliest occurrence of fossil Papilionoidea. The Pearce-Sellards Series 29:1-25
Parent taxon: Praepapilioninae according to R. de Jong 2017
See also Carpenter 1992, Durden and Rose 1978 and Sohn et al. 2012
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Praepapilio colorado Praepapilio gracilis
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Raydome locality (BHI collection) (Eocene of Colorado)
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