Dryas may refer to:

Biology

* ''Dryas'' (plant), a genus of plants * ''Dryas'', a monotypic genus of butterflies containing the single species ''

Dryas iulia ''Dryas iulia'' (often incorrectly spelled ''julia''),Lamas, G. (editor) (2004). Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea – Papilionoidea. commonly called the Julia butterfly, Julia heliconian, the flame, or flambeau ...

'' * Dryas monkey (''Cercopithecus dryas''), a little-known species of guenon found only in the Congo Basin

Geology

* Dryas, the name of several climatic periods, named for their abundant dryas flowers: **

Oldest Dryas The Oldest Dryas is a biostratigraphic subdivision layer corresponding to a relatively abrupt climatic cooling event, or stadial, which occurred during the last glacial retreat. The time period to which the layer corresponds is poorly defined an ...

** Older Dryas **

Middle Dryas The Older Dryas was a stadial (cold) period between the Bølling and Allerød interstadials (warmer phases), about 14,000 years Before Present, towards the end of the Pleistocene. Its date is not well defined, with estimates varying by 400 years ...

** Younger Dryas

Other uses

Dryas (mythology) Dryas (Ancient Greek: , gen. , from "oak") is the name of several figures in Greek mythology, including: * Dryas, an Egyptian prince as one of the sons of King Aegyptus.Apollodorus, 2.1.5 His mother was the naiad Caliadne and thus full brother ...

, several characters in Greek mythology *

Drias, Kavala Drias, also referred to as Dryas ( el, Δρυάς), is a village in Kavala, Greece. The village takes its name after the mythological Greek nymphs Dryads A dryad (; el, Δρυάδες, ''sing''.: ) is a tree nymph or tree spirit in Greek myth ...

, or Dryas, a village in Greece

Biology

Geology

Other uses

See also