†Apanthesis Scudder 1889 (brush-footed butterfly)
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Insecta - Lepidoptera - Nymphalidae
Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1889. The fossil butterflies of Florissant. Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior 8(1):433-475
Parent taxon: Nymphalinae according to J. C. Sohn et al. 2012
See also Carpenter 1992 and Scudder 1889
Sister taxa: Aglais, Doxocopa, Hestina, Junonia, Jupitellia, Limenitis, Lithodryas, Nymphalini, Nymphalites, Prodryas
Subtaxa: Apanthesis leuce
Type: Apanthesis leuce
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Florissant (Long collection) (Eocene of Colorado)
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