Lithodryas

Lithodryas
Temporal range: Late Eocene
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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 Butler, 1889: 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, as another fossil lepidopteran genus had been described under the same name shortly before Scudder established his genus.

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. Retrieved April 6, 2010.