» In biology, Lotis is a genus of ladybird beetle and Lotis is a species of butterfly. Lotis was a nymph of Greek mythology, the daughter of Poseidon or Nereus. Priapus tried to rape her and she was changed into a lotus tree to escape him. Later, Dryope picked a flower off the tree Lotis had become, and was transformed into a lotus herself.… (More on Lotis)