''Doritites bosniackii'' is a fossil

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in the subfamily

Parnassiinae The Parnassiinae or snow Apollos are a subfamily of the swallowtail butterfly family, Papilionidae. The subfamily includes about 50 medium-sized, white or yellow species. The snow Apollos are high-altitude butterflies and are distributed across ...

. It was described by

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in 1898. The genus and its sole species was described from the

Miocene The Miocene ( ) is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma). The Miocene was named by Scottish geologist Charles Lyell; the name comes from the Greek words (', "less") and (', "new") and means "less recen ...

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, Italy.

References

*Hancock, D.L., 1983. Classification of the Papilionidae (Lepidoptera): a phylogenetic approach. ''Smithersia'' 2: 1-48. *Nazari, V., Zakharov, E.V., Sperling, F.A.H., 2007. Phylogeny, historical biogeography, and taxonomic ranking of Parnassiinae (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae) based on morphology and seven genes.'' Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution'', 42: 131–156. *Rebel, H., 1898. Doritites bosniaskii. ''Sitzungsberichte der akademie der wissenschaften. Mathematischen-naturwissenschaftliche classe''. Abteilung 1: Mineralogie, biologie, erdkunde.Wien. 107: 734–741, 745.

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† Fossil Lepidoptera Miocene insects Fossils of Italy Taxa named by Hans Rebel † {{paleo-Lepidoptera-stub