Praepapilio gracilis Durden and Rose 1978 (swallowtail butterfly)

Insecta - Lepidoptera - Papilionidae

Full reference: C. J. Durden and H. Rose. 1978. Butterflies from the Middle Eocene: the earliest occurrence of fossil Papilionoidea. The Pearce-Sellards Series 29:1-25

Belongs to Praepapilio according to C. J. Durden and H. Rose 1978

Sister taxon: Praepapilio colorado

Type specimen: Its type locality is Raydome locality (BHI collection), which is in an Uintan lacustrine - large shale in the Green River Formation of Colorado

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Raydome locality (BHI collection)

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