†Lycaenites gabbroensis Rebel 1898 (gossamer-winged butterfly)
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Insecta - Lepidoptera - Lycaenidae
Full reference: H. Rebel. 1898. Fossile Lepidopteren aus der Miocänformation von Gabbro. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 107:731-745
Belongs to Lycaenites according to H. Rebel 1898
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NHMW 1898/0013/0005(6), an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Gabbro (Bosniaski collection), which is in a Messinian terrestrial horizon in Italy.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Gabbro (Bosniaski collection)
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