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.

Lithodryas
Temporal range: Chadronian
L. styx
Scientific classification
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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

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

References

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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.