| Thaites | |
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| Drawing by Scudder 1875 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Subfamily: | Parnassiinae |
| Genus: |
Thaites Scudder , 1875 |
| Species | |
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Single species: |
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Single species:
Thaites ruminiana (Scudder 1875)
Thaites ruminiana, is the only species of the extinct genus, Thaites. It was described by Samuel Hubbard Scudder in 1875, after discovery in Aix-en-Provence, Southern France. It is a fossil swallowtail butterfly.