Checklist for Superfamily Papilionoidea Latreille, 1802 (Butterflies)
and region Upper Eocene (Eocene)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 502
2714
5515 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 499
2709
5489 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 471
2646
5393 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 316
2090
4419 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 32
103
130 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 31
101
125 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 29
99
124 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 11
36
41 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 8
26
29 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 3
17
20 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Upper Eocene
3 Families width 20 Species and 6 Subspecies
Genera for Upper Eocene
17 Genera with 20 Species | Apanthesis Scudder, 1889 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Callithomia Bates, 1860 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dismorphia Hübner, 1874 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Doxocopa Hübner, 1907 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euptychia Hübner, 1793 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hamadryas Hübner, 1823 | Calicoes | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Jupitellia Carpenter, 1889 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lithodryas Cockerell, 1889 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lithopsyche Butler, 1889 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nymphalites Scudder, 1980 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Oligodonta Brown, 1976 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Perophthalma Westwood, 1845 | Eyemarks | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phoebis Hübner, 1819 | Sulphurs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Prodryas Scudder, 1878 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Prolibythea Scudder, 1889 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Stolopsyche Scudder, 1889 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Vanessa Fabricius, 1989 | Admirals | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Upper Eocene
20 Species and 6 Subspecies | Apanthesis leuce ♰ S. H. Scudder, 1889 | | | Callithomia lenea xantho C. & R. Felder, 1860 | | | Dismorphia thermesina pimpla Hopffer, 1874 | | | Doxocopa wilmattae ♰ Cockerell, 1907 | | | Euptychia hermes sosybius (Fabricius, 1793) | ⇒ Hermeuptychia sosybius Fabricius, 1793 | | Hamadryas fornax fornax Hübner, 1823 | | | Jupitellia charon ♰ S. H. Scudder, 1889 | | | Lithodryas styx ♰ Scudder, 1889 | | | Lithopsyche antiqua ♰ Butler, 1889 | | | Nymphalites obscurus ♰ S. H. Scudder, 1889 | | | Nymphalites scudderi ♰ Beutenmüller..., 1908 | | | Nymphalites zeuneri ♰ Jarzembowski, 1980 | | | Oligodonta florissantensis ♰ (F. Brown, 1976) | ⇒ Libytheana florissanti Scudder, 1892 | | Perophthalma tullius lasius Motschoulsky, 1845 | | | Phoebis argante cypris (Hubner, 1819) | ⇒ Phoebis argante argante Fabricius, 1775 | | Prodryas persephone ♰ Scudder, 1878 | | | Prolibythea florissanti ♰ S. H. Scudder, 1892 | | | Prolibythea vagabunda ♰ (S. H. Scudder, 1889) | ⇒ Libytheana vagabunda Scudder, 1889 | | Stolopsyche libytheoides ♰ S. H. Scudder, 1889 | | | Vanessa amerindica ♰ J.Y. Miller ..., 1989 | |
Subnodes of Papilionoidea with occurrences in Upper Eocene | Family | Nymphalidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Admirals, Anglewings, Browns, Brush Footed Butterflies, Brush-footed butterflies, Brush-Footed Butterfly, Brushfoot butterflies, Brushfooted Butterflies, Checker-spots, Crescent-spots, Four-footed butterflies, Fritillaries, Mourningclocks, Nymphalids, Purples | 12
15 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pieridae
Duponchel, 1835
Brimstones, Orange-tips, Orangetips, Sulfurs, Sulphurs, Tip butterflies, White butterflies, Whites, Yellow White Butterflies, Yellows | 4
4 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Riodinidae
Grote, 1895
Metalmark Butterflies, Metalmarks | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
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