Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index In Greek mythology, Lotis was a nymph, daughter of Poseidon. 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. In biology, Lotis is a genus of ladybird beetle. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.