Protolepis

Protolepis
Temporal range: Upper Jurassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Genus: Protolepis
Kozlov, 1989
Type species
Protolepis cuprealata
Kozlov, 1989

Protolepis is an extinct genus of butterfly from the Upper Jurassic of Karatau, Kazakhstan.[1] It contains only one species, Protolepis cuprealata. Its family and superfamily placement is uncertain.[2][3]

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References

  1. Niels P. Kristensen & Andrzej W. Skalski (1998). Handbuch der Zoologie: eine Naturgeschichte der Stämme des Tierreiches 1 (Part 35). Walter de Gruyter, Inc. p. 16.
  2. Butterflies and Moths of the World. "Karataunia Kozlov, 1989 . Paleontologicheskii Zh. 1989 (4) : 42.". The Natural History Museum. 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.