A larval brush-footed butterfly (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in Dominican amber, with a summary of fossil Nymphalidae

Insect Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 275-279

  Hammond, Paul C ^a   Poinar Jr , George ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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