Lethe (genus)

Lethe
Lethe verma, straight-banded treebrown
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Satyrinae
Tribe:	Elymniini
Genus:	Lethe Hübner, [1819]
Species
Numerous, see text
Synonyms
Zophoessa Debis

Lethe is a butterfly genus from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae. It includes the treebrowns, woodbrowns, foresters and their relatives. The species in the genus Lethe occur in temperate-tropical southern and eastern Asia, up to Indonesia.

Selected species

In alphabetical order:^[1]

• Lethe andersoni (Atkinson, 1871)
• Lethe armandina Oberthür, 1881 – Chinese labyrinth
• Lethe atkinsonia Hewitson, 1876 – small goldenfork
• Lethe baladeva (Moore, 1886) – treble silverstripe
• Lethe bhairava (Moore, 1857) – rusty forester
• Lethe bojonia Fruhstorfer, 1913
• Lethe butleri Leech, 1889
  • Lethe butleri periscelis Fruhstorfer, 1908
• Lethe callipteris (Butler, 1877)
• Lethe chandica (Moore, 1858) – angled red forester
  • Lethe chandica ratnacri Fruhstorfer, 1908
• Lethe christophi Leech, 1891
  • Lethe christophi hanako Fruhstorfer, 1908
• Lethe confusa Aurivillius, 1897 – banded treebrown
• Lethe dakwania Tytler, 1939
• Lethe diana (Butler, 1866)
  • Lethe diana australis Naritomi, 1943
• Lethe distans Butler, 1870 – scarce red forester
• Lethe drypetis (Hewitson, 1863) – Tamil treebrown
• Lethe dura (Marshall, 1882) – scarce lilacfork
• Lethe dynsate (Hewitson, 1863)
• Lethe europa (Fabricius, 1775) – bamboo treebrown
  • Lethe europa pavida Fruhstorfer, 1908
• Lethe gemina Leech, 1891 – Tytler's treebrown
  • Lethe gemina zaitha Fruhstorfer, 1914
• Lethe goalpara (Moore, 1865) – large goldenfork
• Lethe gulnihal de Nicéville, 1887 – dull forester
• Lethe insana (Kollar, 1844) – common forester
  • Lethe insana formosana Fruhstorfer, 1908
• Lethe jalaurida (de Nicéville, 1880) – small silverfork
• Lethe kansa (Moore, 1857) – bamboo forester
• Lethe kabrua Tytler, 1914 – Manipur goldenfork
• Lethe latiaris Hewitson, 1863 – pale forester
• Lethe margaritae (Elwes, 1882) – Bhutan treebrown
• Lethe maitrya de Nicéville, 1880 – barred woodbrown
• Lethe mataja Fruhstorfer, 1908
• Lethe mekara (Moore, [1858]) – common red forester
• Lethe minerva (Fabricius, 1775)
• Lethe moelleri (Elwes, 1887) – Moeller's silverfork
• Lethe naga Doherty, 1889 – Naga treebrown
• Lethe nicetas Hewitson, [1868] – yellow woodbrown
• Lethe nicetella de Nicéville, 1887 – small woodbrown
• Lethe ocellata Poujade, 1885 – dismal mystic
• Lethe ramadeva (de Nicéville, 1887) – single silverstripe
• Lethe rohria (Fabricius, 1787) – common treebrown
  • Lethe rohria daemoniaca Fruhstorfer, 1908
• Lethe scanda (Moore, 1857) – blue forester
• Lethe satyavati de Nicéville, 1880 – pallid forester
• Lethe serbonis (Hewitson, 1876) – brown forester
  • Lethe serbonis serbonis
  • Lethe serbonis teesta
• Lethe siderea Marshall, 1880 – scarce woodbrown
• Lethe sidonis (Hewitson, 1863) – common woodbrown
• Lethe sinorix (Hewitson, 1863) – tailed red forester
• Lethe sura (Doubleday, 1849) – lilacfork
• Lethe tristigmata Elwes, 1887 – spotted mystic
• Lethe verma (Kollar, 1844) – straight-banded treebrown
  • Lethe verma cintamani Fruhstorfer, 1848
• Lethe vindhya (Felder & Felder, 1859) – black forester
• Lethe violaceopicta (Poujade, 1884) – Manipur woodbrown
• Lethe visrava (Moore, 1865) – white-edged woodbrown

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