Vanessa amerindica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Nymphalinae
Tribus: Nymphalini
Genus: Vanessa
Species: †Vanessa amerindica

Name

Vanessa amerindica Miller & Brown, 1989.

Type locality: USA, Colorado, Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument.

Holotype: FMNH.

References

Primary references

• Miller, J.Y. & Brown, F.M. 1989. A new oligocene fossil butterfly, Vanessa †amerindica (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), from the Florissant Formation, Colorado. Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 126: 1–9. PDF. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Vane-Wright, R.I. & Hughes, H.W.D. 2007. Did a member of the Vanessa indica complex (Nymphalidae) formerly occur in North America? Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society 61(4): 199–212. PDF. Reference page.