†Jupitellia charon Scudder 1889 (brush-footed butterfly)
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Insecta - Lepidoptera - Nymphalidae
Alternative combination: Jupiteria charon
Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1889. The fossil butterflies of Florissant. Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior 8(1):433-475
Belongs to Jupitellia according to F. M. Carpenter 1986
See also de Jong 2017 and Scudder 1889
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Lacoe 2100, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant (USNM Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Florissant (USNM Collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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