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Voltinia dramba

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Kingdom
  
Family
  
Riodinidae

Scientific name
  
Voltinia dramba

Rank
  
Species

Class
  
Genus
  
Phylum
  
Order
  
Butterflies and moths

Similar
  
Butterflies and moths, Hedylidae, Riodininae, Thymelicus, Essex skipper

Voltinia dramba is a fossil metalmark butterfly, found in pieces of amber in the Dominican Republic on the island of Hispaniola in 2004. The butterfly, belonging to the extant genus Voltinia, is the first species to be taxonomically described from amber and the first true fossil of an adult riodinid. Five specimens, all females, were found in pieces of amber from the resin of the extinct leguminous tree Hymenaea protera (Poinar 1991).

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Voltinia dramba Wikipedia


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