Lithopsyche Butler 1889 (butterfly)

Insecta - Lepidoptera

Full reference: A. G. Butler. 1889. Description of a new genus of fossil moths belonging to the geometrid family Euschemidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 59:292-297

Parent taxon: Papilionoidea according to R. de Jong 2017

See also Carpenter 1992, Jarzembowski 1980 and Sohn et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Archaeolycorea, Hesperiidae, Lycaenidae, Nymphalidae, Papilionidae, Pieridae, Riodinidae, Stolopsyche

Subtaxa: Lithopsyche antiqua

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Type: Lithopsyche antiqua

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Bembridge Marls (A'Court Smith collection) (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

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