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Hi, please, could you help us with the identification of this fossil? It belongs to the south of Spain. Thanks in advance
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Anyone able to help with ID on an interesting lepidopteran in Mexican amber from Chiapas (ca. 18-25 Ma)? Any/all thoughts much appreciated. It looked like a nymphalid (perhaps Eurema?) from merchant photos. However after getting the amber and holding it, I'm totally thrown off! There's no record of butterflies from continental Neotropical amber---and preservation is exceptional. Associated with the lep are the flowers, foliage, pollen and seeds of Hymenaea and at least 2 other legumes. Perhaps there's even an orchid hidden in there. (The max file limit's too small to include
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partial forewing. The venation of this fossil butterfly forewing is indistinguishable from that of a recent Black-veined Whites A. crataegi. Lit.: Branscheid, F. (1969): Funde von Tagfaltern (Rhopalocera, Lepidoptera) im Pliozän von Willershausen. Berichte der Naturhistorischen Gesellschaft Hannover 113, 1969 Branscheid, F. (1968): Ein weiterer Schmetterlingsflügel von Willershausen. Berichte der Naturhistorischen Gesellschaft Hannover Beiheft 6, 1968 Branscheid, F.(1977): Fossile Schmetterlinge (Rhopalocera, Lepidoptera) aus dem Pliozän von Willershausen. Beit
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http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/artful-amoeba/butterflies-in-the-time-of-dinosaurs-with-nary-a-flower-in-sight/# Interesting read
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Hello, I am new to this forum. I'm an evolutionary ecologist, and used to working on living organisms, but this is so well-preserved it might as well be alive! What I'm nearly sure you're looking at is a fossilized pupating butterfly (chrysalis). You can see the silk lines it attached to the leaf, as well as much of the leaf itself. This would be what one would call a "pre-pupa", but it's already starting to look very chrysalis-ish. It certainly looks papilionid, perhaps lycaenid based on size and morphology? What strikes me is both the rarity and incredible beauty of this find if it is
