†Nymphalites zeuneri Jarzembowski 1980 (brush-footed butterfly)
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Insecta - Lepidoptera - Nymphalidae
Full reference: E. A. Jarzembowski. 1980. Fossil Insects from the Bembridge Marls, Palaeogene of the Isle of Wight, Southern England. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Geology) 33(4):237-293
Belongs to Nymphalites according to E. A. Jarzembowski 1980
Sister taxa: Nymphalites atavus, Nymphalites obscurus, Nymphalites scudderi
Type specimen: BMNH I.10384, an exoskeleton
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Bembridge Marls (Brodie coll) (Eocene of the United Kingdom)
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