Family Riodinidae Grote 1895 (butterfly)
Insecta - Lepidoptera - Riodinidae
Parent taxon: Papilionoidea according to R. de Jong 2017
See also Peñalver and Grimaldi 2006, Sohn et al. 2012 and van Nieukerken et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Archaeolycorea, Hesperiidae, Lithopsyche, Lycaenidae, Nymphalidae, Papilionidae, Pieridae, Stolopsyche
Subtaxa: Riodinella Riodininae
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (4 collections)
• Eocene of United States (1: Colorado)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence