Thaites | |
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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: |
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.