Voltinia (butterfly)
Encyclopedia
Voltinia is a genus
of metalmark butterflies
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of metalmark butterflies
Riodinidae
The Riodinidae are a family of butterflies. The common name "metalmarks" refers to the small metallic-looking spots commonly found on their wings. There are approximately 1,000 species of metalmark butterflies in the world...
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Species
- †Voltinia drambaVoltinia drambaVoltinia dramba is a fossil metalmark butterfly, found in pieces of amber in the Dominican Republic on the island of Hispaniola in 2004. 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...
Hall, Robbins & Harvey 2004 - Voltinia radiata (Godman & Salvin, [1886])
- Voltinia theata Stichel, 1910