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(Redirected from Protolepis cuprealata) Extinct genus of butterflies

Protolepis
Temporal range: Upper Jurassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: †Protolepis
Kozlov, 1989
Type species
†Protolepis cuprealata
Kozlov, 1989

Protolepis is an extinct genus of butterfly from the Upper Jurassic of Karatau, Kazakhstan. It contains only one species, Protolepis cuprealata. Its family and superfamily placement is uncertain.

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References

  1. Niels P. Kristensen & Andrzej W. Skalski (1998). Handbuch der Zoologie: eine Naturgeschichte der Stämme des Tierreiches. Vol. 1. Walter de Gruyter, Inc. p. 16. ISBN 9783110157048.
  2. Butterflies and Moths of the World (2023). "Karataunia Kozlov, 1989 . Paleontologicheskii Zh. 1989 (4) : 42". The Natural History Museum. doi:10.5519/s93616qw. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
  3. David A. Grimaldi & Michael S. Engel (2005). Evolution of the insects. Cambridge University Press. p. 564. ISBN 978-0-521-82149-0.
Taxon identifiers
Protolepis


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