Lithodryas

<i>Lithodryas</i>

Lithodryas

Extinct genus of butterflies

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.

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The type species was found in Latest Eocene-aged deposits at Florissant.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Savela, Markku. "Lithodryas Cockerell, 1909".
  2. [2]
    "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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