Lithodryas

Lithodryas
Temporal range: Late Eocene
An illustration by F. W. Frohawk, showing a Lithodryas fossil and other butterflies
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Lithodryas
Cockerell, 1909
Species: L. styx
Binomial name
Lithodryas styx
(Scudder , 1889)
Synonyms

Genus-level:
Lithopsyche Scudder, 1889 (non ???: preoccupied)


Species-level:
Lithopsyche styx Scudder , 1889

Lithodryas is a prehistoric genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was introduced as a replacement for Samuel Hubbard Scudder's genus Lithopsyche which is invalid as a homonym. The type species was found in Tertiary deposits at Florissant.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Lithodryas Cockerell, 1909". Butterflies and Moths of the World: Generic Names and their Type-species. Natural History Museum. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/research/projects/butmoth/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=16229.0. Retrieved April 6, 2010.