Praepapilio Durden and Rose 1978 (swallowtail butterfly)

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

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Raydome locality (BHI collection) (Eocene of Colorado)

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