Lithodryas

Lithodryas Temporal range: Chadronian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓

L. styx
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

↑ "Lithodryas Cockerell, 1909". Butterflies and Moths of the World: Generic Names and their Type-species. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 6, 2010.

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