Biology:Lithodryas
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Short description: Extinct genus of butterflies
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| Genus: | †Lithodryas Cockerell, 1909
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| Species: | †L. styx
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| 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". http://ftp.funet.fi/index/Tree_of_life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/nymphalinae/lithodryas/index.html.
- ↑ "Lithodryas Cockerell, 1909". Butterflies and Moths of the World: Generic Names and their Type-species. Natural History Museum. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/research/projects/butmoth/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=16229.0. Retrieved April 6, 2010.
Wikidata ☰ Q6648012 entry
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