| Blue Forester | |
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| upperside of male (above) and female | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Lethe |
| Species: | L. scanda |
| Binomial name | |
| Lethe scanda (Moore, 1857) |
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The Blue Forester (Lethe scanda) is a species of Satyrine butterfly found in parts of Asia. It is known from Sikkim and Bhutan.[1][2]
This butterfly has a 2.5 to 2.6 inches wingspan. male is a deep indigo blue on the upperside with the margins being paler. The females are darker brown with yellow sub-apical marks. Males hava tuft of black hairs on the second vein where it meets the median vein.[1]