Doritites
Doritites bosniaskii is a fossil swallowtail butterfly in the subfamily Parnassiinae. It was described by Rebel in 1898. The genus and its sole species was described from the Miocene of Tuscany, Italy.
| Doritites | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | †Doritites Rebel, 1898 |
| Species: | †D. bosniaskii |
| Binomial name | |
| †Doritites bosniaskii Rebel, 1898 | |
The fossil shows the light and dark bands of scales on the wings and traces on the rock near the fossil have been interpreted as showing parnassiine-like wing characters but could be rock artefacts.
- Rebel's reconstruction
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