Doritites

Doritites
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Doritites
Rebel, 1898
Species: D. bosniackii
Binomial name
Doritites bosniackii
Rebel, 1898

Doritites bosniackii 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.

References

  • Hancock, D.L., 1983. Classification of the Papilionidae (Lepidoptera): a phylogenetic approach. Smithersia 2: 1-48.
  • Nazari, V., Zakharov, E.V., Sperling, F.A.H., 2007. Phylogeny, historical biogeography, and taxonomic ranking of Parnassiinae (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae) based on morphology and seven genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 42: 131-156.
  • Rebel, H., 1898. Doritites bosniaskii. Sitzungsberichte der akademie der wissenschaften. Mathematischen-naturwissenschaftliche classe. Abteilung 1: Mineralogie, biologie, erdkunde.Wien. 107: 734-741, 745.


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