Riodinella Durden and Rose 1978 (butterfly)

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

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Type: Riodinella nympha

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Raydome locality (BHI collection) (Eocene of Colorado)

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