†Riodinella Durden and Rose 1978 (butterfly)
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Insecta - Lepidoptera - Riodinidae
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: Riodinidae according to J. C. Sohn et al. 2012
See also Carpenter 1992 and Durden and Rose 1978
Sister taxon: Riodininae
Subtaxa: Riodinella nympha
Type: Riodinella nympha
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Raydome locality (BHI collection) (Eocene of Colorado)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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