†Lithopsyche Butler 1889 (butterfly)
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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
Type: Lithopsyche antiqua
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Bembridge Marls (A'Court Smith collection) (Eocene of the United Kingdom)
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