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Lithopsyche

Number: 16243.0
Author: Butler
Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/91210#page/392/mode/2up
Family: Riodinidae
Genus: Lithopsyche
Journal: Proc. zool. Soc. Lond.
Year: 1889
Homonym Count: 2.0
Page: 294
Ref Id: 866.0
Status: Available name (fossil)
Subfamily: Subfamily unassigned
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Volume: 1889
Type Country: ENGLAND
Type Depository: (? Depository)
Type Locality: Isle of Wight, Gurnet Bay
Types: Type(s)
Type Des: by monotypy
Type Sp Author: Butler
Type Sp Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/91210#page/392/mode/2up
Type Sp Journal: Proc. zool. Soc. Lond.
Type Sp Page: 294, pl.31, figs 3, 6
Type Sp Year: 1889
Type Sp Ref Id: 866.0
Type Sp Genus: Lithopsyche
Type Sp: antiqua
Memo Links: ['http://www.ucl.ac.uk/taxome/gbn/Lamas_Genera_04ii08.xls', 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riodinidae', 'http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=LITHOPSYCHE']
Memo: Fletcher (1979) stated:- Lithopsyche was established in the Euschemidae (now Geometridae); in a paper to be published shortly my colleague, E.A. Jarzembowski, will show that the genus should be placed in the Rhopalocera. The higher classification used here follows Lamas (2008).

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Dataset buttmoth
Dataset ID f8bc9b9c-009a-4689-bd01-ed621095c457
Resource Butterflies and Moths of the World
Resource ID c1727662-2d1e-426f-818c-d144552a747c