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Thaites

Thaites
Ruminiana-1.jpg
Drawing by Scudder 1875
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Subfamily: Parnassiinae
Genus: Thaites
Scudder , 1875
Species

Single species:
Thaites ruminiana (Scudder 1875)


Single species:
Thaites ruminiana (Scudder 1875)

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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