Kingdom Animalia Family Papilionidae Phylum Arthropoda Order Butterflies and moths | Class Insecta Subfamily Parnassiinae Rank Genus | |
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Similar Doritites, Butterflies and moths, Zerynthiini, Hypermnestra helios, Allancastria | ||
Thaites ruminiana, is the only species of the extinct genus, Thaites. It was described by Samuel Hubbard Scudder in 1875, after discovery in Aix-en-Provence, Southern France. It is a fossil swallowtail butterfly.
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