Insecta - Lepidoptera - Nymphalidae

Synonym: Lithopsyche Scudder 1889 [replaced name]

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1909. A catalogue of the generic names based on American insects and arachnids from the Tertiary rocks, with indications of the type species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 26:77-86

Parent taxon: Nymphalinae according to J. C. Sohn et al. 2012

See also Carpenter 1992, Cockerell 1909 and Scudder 1889

Sister taxa: Aglais, Apanthesis, Doxocopa, Hestina, Junonia, Jupitellia, Limenitis, Nymphalini, Nymphalites, Prodryas

Subtaxa: Lithodryas styx

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Type: Lithopsyche styx

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Florissant (MCZ Collection) (Eocene of Colorado)

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