Lithodryas
Extinct genus of butterflies
Lithodryas Temporal range: Chadronian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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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) | |
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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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