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L. styx | |
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†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]
Lithodryas Temporal range:
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L. styx | |
Scientific classification | |
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†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]