Lithodryas Temporal range: Chadronian |
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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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Synonyms | |
Genus-level: Species-level: |
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.