Voltinia dramba

Voltinia dramba
Temporal range: 25–15 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Riodinidae
Genus: Voltinia
Species: V. dramba
Binomial name
Voltinia dramba
Hall, Robbins & Harvey 2004[1]

Voltinia dramba is a fossil metalmark butterfly, found in pieces of amber in the Dominican Republic on the island of Hispaniola in 2004.[1] 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).

References

  1. 1 2 Hall, Jason P W; Robbins, Robert K; Harvey, Donald J (22 April 2004). "Extinction and biogeography in the Caribbean: new evidence from a fossil riodinid butterfly in Dominican amber.". Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Royal Society. 271 (1541): 797–801. doi:10.1098/rspb.2004.2691. PMC 1691661Freely accessible. PMID 15255097.
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