The fossil shows light and dark bands of scales on the wings, and traces on the rock near the fossil have been interpreted as showing pamassiine-like wing characters, but could also be rock artifacts.[2]
Rebel's reconstruction
References
↑Rebel, H. (1898). "Fossile Lepidopteren aus der Miocänformation von Gabbro". Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematischen-naturwissenschaftliche Classe. Abteilung 1: Mineralogie, Biologie, Erdkunde. Wien. 107: 734–741, 745.
↑Kristensen, Niels P.; Schmidt-Rhaesa, Andreas (2013). Lepidoptera, moths and butterfliesVolume 1: Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. Walter de Gruyter. p.16.
Other sources
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.
