†Voltinia dramba Hall et al. 2004 (butterfly)
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Insecta - Lepidoptera - Riodinidae
Full reference: J. P. W. Hall, R. K. Robbins, and D. J. Harvey. 2004. Extinction and biogeography in the Caribbean: new evidence from a fossil riodinid butterfly in Dominican amber. The Royal Society 271:797-801
Belongs to Voltinia according to R. de Jong 2017
See also Hall et al. 2004 and Peñalver and Grimaldi 2006
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Dominican amber (USNM Brodzinsky Lopez-Pena coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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