†Lycaenites Rebel 1898 (gossamer-winged butterfly)
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Insecta - Lepidoptera - Lycaenidae
Full reference: H. Rebel. 1898. Fossile Lepidopteren aus der Miocänformation von Gabbro. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 107:731-745
Parent taxon: Lycaenidae according to J. C. Sohn et al. 2012
See also Carpenter 1992 and Rebel 1898
Sister taxon: Aquisextana
Subtaxa: Lycaenites gabbroensis
Type: Lycaenites gabbroensis
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Gabbro (Bosniaski collection) (Miocene of Italy)
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