Aquisextana Théobald 1937 (gossamer-winged butterfly)

Insecta - Lepidoptera - Lycaenidae

Full reference: N. Théobald. 1937. Notes complémentaire sur les insectes fossiles oligocènes des gypses d'Aix-en-Provence. Bulletin Mensuel de la Société des Sciences de Nancy (N. S. 5) 6:157-178

Parent taxon: Lycaenidae according to J. C. Sohn et al. 2012

See also Carpenter 1992

Sister taxon: Lycaenites

Subtaxa: Aquisextana irenaei

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Type: Aquisextana irenaei

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Aix-en-Provence (Inst. Geol. Montpellier coll) (Oligocene of France)

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