Jupitellia charon Scudder 1889 (brush-footed butterfly)

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)

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