Nymphalites atavus Charpentier 1843 (brush-footed butterfly)

Insecta - Lepidoptera - Nymphalidae

Alternative combinations: Eugonia attavina, Sphinx atavus, Vanessa attavina

Full reference: T. Charpentier. 1843. Über einige fossile Insecten aus Radoboj in Croatien. Novorum Actorum Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum 20:399-410

Belongs to Nymphalites according to M. V. Kozlov 1988

See also Charpentier 1843, Heer 1849 and Scudder 1875

Sister taxa: Nymphalites obscurus, Nymphalites scudderi, Nymphalites zeuneri

Type specimen: Its type locality is Radoboj (Grätz Collection), which is in a Sarmatian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in Croatia

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Radoboj (Grätz Collection)

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