Minois dryas, the dryad, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.

[3][1] It prefers margins of mixed woodland and sunny grasslands with plenty of flowers, at an elevation of 100–1,600 metres (330–5,250 ft) above sea level.

The underside of the wings is quite similar, but the eyelets on the forewings show a yellowish border and the hindwings are mainly gray brown.

They usually feed on nectar of scabious (Scabiosa species), hemp agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum) and other tall flowers.

[5] The larvae feed on grass species, such as Molinia caerulea, Arrhenatherum elatius, Oryza sativa, Avena, Dactylis, Poa, Festuca, Carex, Calamagrostis and Bromus species.