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Nymphalites

Insecta - Lepidoptera - Nymphalidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Nymphalites Scudder p. 448
1908Nymphalites Cockerell
1992Nymphalites Carpenter
2012Nymphalites Sohn et al. p. 68

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
Athalassocarida
LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
Cercofilata
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
RankNameAuthor
Aparaglossata
Panorpida
superorderAmphiesmenopteraKiriakoff 1948
Metamphiesmenoptera
Euamphiesmenoptera
Panendymenoptera
Endymenoptera
Stelloptera
orderLepidoptera
Angiospermivora
suborderGlossata()
CoelolepidaNielsen and Kristensen 1996
infraorderHeteroneuraTillyard 1918
EulepidopteraKiriakoff 1948
Euheteroneura
DitrysiaBorner 1925
ApoditrysiaMinet 1983
ObtectomeraMinet 1986
superfamilyPapilionoidea
familyNymphalidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyNymphalinaeSwinson 1827
genusNymphalites

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Nymphalites Scudder 1889
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Nymphalites atavus Charpentier 1843
Nymphalites obscurus Scudder 1889
Nymphalites scudderi Beutenmüller and Cockerell 1908
Nymphalites zeuneri Jarzembowski 1980
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Chadronian to the top of the Sarmatian or 37.20000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) N. zeuneri (123959)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) N. obscurum (106384) N. scudderi (106381)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Germany (Wurttemberg) Apaturidi indet. (156762) Nymphalidae indet. (113752)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Croatia Sphinx atavus (117246)