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Lepidopteran scales identified in 236-million-year-old coprolites from Argentina provide the oldest physical evidence of butterflies or moths, extending their fossil record by about 40 million years.

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Butterflies before flowers? 236-million-year-old fossil poop holds the answer. Fossilized poop from 236 million years ago may contain the oldest-known butterfly evidence ever found.

Butterflies before flowers? 236-million-year-old fossil poop holds the answer. Neetika Walter. ... “Our butterfly I s the oldest known, but it’s not the first butterfly.