Lithodryas

Lithodryas; Temporal range: Chadronian PreꞒ Ꞓ 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 butterflies in the family Lycaenidae^[1]. 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 Latest Eocene-aged deposits at Florissant.^[2]

References

^ Savela, Markku. "Lithodryas Cockerell, 1909".
^ Natural History Museum; Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul (2023). "Lithodryas Cockerell, 1909". Butterflies and Moths of the World: Generic Names and Their Type-species. Natural History Museum. doi:10.5519/s93616qw. Retrieved April 6, 2010.

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[1] Savela, Markku. "Lithodryas Cockerell, 1909".

[2] Natural History Museum; Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul (2023). "Lithodryas Cockerell, 1909". Butterflies and Moths of the World: Generic Names and Their Type-species. Natural History Museum. doi:10.5519/s93616qw. Retrieved April 6, 2010.

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