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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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[1]

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.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Rebel, H. (1898). "Fossile Lepidopteren aus der Miocänformation von Gabbro". Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematischen-naturwissenschaftliche Classe. Abteilung 1: Mineralogie, Biologie, Erdkunde. Wien. 107: 734–741, 745.
  2. ^ Kristensen, Niels P.; Schmidt-Rhaesa, Andreas (2013). Lepidoptera, moths and butterfliesVolume 1: Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. Walter de Gruyter. p. 16.

Other sources

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  • 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.
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