Karataunia

Karataunia is an extinct genus of butterfly from the Upper Jurassic of Karatau, Kazakhstan.^[1] It contains only one species, Karataunia lapidaria. Its family and superfamily placement is uncertain.^[2]

Karataunia Temporal range: Upper Jurassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	incertae sedis
Genus:	†Karataunia Kozlov, 1989
Type species
†Karataunia lapidaria Kozlov, 1989

See also

• Prehistoric Lepidoptera