Butterflies and Moths of the World Generic Names and their Type-species

Genus:
Apanthesis Scudder, 1889 . Rep. U.S. geol. Surv. 8 (1) : 459.

Status:
Available Name (fossil)

Homonyms: 1

Higher classification:
PAPILIONOIDEA : NYMPHALIDAE : Subfamily unassigned

Type-species:
Apanthesis leuce Scudder , 1889 Rep. U.S. geol. Surv. 8 (1) : 459, pl. 52, figs 12, 13. .

Type-species designation:
by monotypy

Notes:
Hemming (1967) stated:-

This is a fossil genus based upon material obtained from the Tertiary deposits of Florissant.