†Vanessa amerindica Miller and Brown 1989 (brush-footed butterfly)
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Insecta - Lepidoptera - Nymphalidae
Full reference: J. Y. Miller and F. M. Brown. 1989. A new Oligocene fossil butterfly, Vanessa amerindica (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), from the Florissant Formation, Colorado. Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 126:1-9
Belongs to Vanessa according to R. de Jong 2017
See also Miller and Brown 1989
Sister taxon: Vanessa fossilis
Type specimen: UF 21099, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant, southwestern portion, which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Colorado collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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