Lethe (butterfly)

Lethe
	Straight-banded treebrown (Lethe verma)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Satyrinae
Tribe:	Elymniini
Genus:	Lethe; Hübner, [1819]
Subgenera
	Enodia Hübner, [1819]; Satyrodes Scudder, 1875;
Synonyms
	Zophoessa; Debis;

Lethe is a genus of butterflies in the subfamily Satyrinae of the family Nymphalidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819. 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 and in North America.

Selected species

These 108 species belong to the genus Lethe.

Lethe albolineata Poujade, 1884^{c g}
Lethe andersoni (Atkinson, 1871)^{c g}
Lethe anthedon (A. Clark, 1936)^{i g b} (northern pearly-eye)
Lethe appalachia R. Chermock, 1947^{i g b} (Appalachian brown)
Lethe arete Cramer, 1780^{c g}
Lethe argentata Leech, 1891^{c g}
Lethe armandina Oberthür, 1881^{c g} (Chinese labyrinth )
Lethe atkinsonia Hewitson, 1876^{c g} (small goldenfork )
Lethe baileyi South, 1913^{c g}
Lethe baladeva Moore, 1865^{c g} (treble silverstripe )
Lethe baucis Leech, 1891^{c g}
Lethe bhairava Moore, 1857^{c g} (rusty forester)
Lethe bojonia Fruhstorfer, 1913^g
Lethe brisanda de Nicéville, 1886^{c g}
Lethe butleri Leech, 1889^{c g}
- Lethe butleri periscelis Fruhstorfer, 1908
Lethe callipteris Butler, 1877^{c g}
Lethe camilla Leech, 1891^{c g}
Lethe chandica Moore, 1857^{c g} (angled red forester)
- Lethe chandica delila Staudinger, 1896^{c g}
- Lethe chandica ratnacri Fruhstorfer, 1908
Lethe christophi Leech, 1891^{c g}
- Lethe christophi hanako Fruhstorfer, 1908
Lethe confusa Aurivillius, 1897^{c g} (banded treebrown)
†Lethe corbieri Nel et al. 1993
Lethe creola (Skinner, 1897)^{i g b} (creole pearly-eye)
Lethe cybele Leech^{c g}
Lethe cyrene Leech, 1890^{c g}
Lethe dakwania Tytler, 1939^{c g}
Lethe darena Felder, 1867^{c g}
Lethe daretis Hewitson, 1863^{c g} (Sri Lanka treebrown)
Lethe dejeani Oberthür^{c g}
Lethe diana Butler, 1866^{c g}
- Lethe diana australis Naritomi, 1943
Lethe distans Butler, 1870^{c g} (scarce red forester)
Lethe dora Staudinger, 1896^{c g}
Lethe drypetis Hewitson, 1863^{c g} (Tamil treebrown)
Lethe dura Marshall, 1882^{c g} (scarce lilacfork)
Lethe dynsate Hewitson, 1863^{c g} (Ceylon forester)
Lethe dyrta Felder, 1867^{c g}
Lethe elwesi Moore, 1892^g
Lethe europa Fabricius, 1775^{c g} (bamboo treebrown)
- Lethe europa pavida Fruhstorfer, 1908
Lethe eurydice (Linnaeus, 1763)^{i c g b} (eyed brown)
Lethe fumosus Leussler, 1916^{c g}
Lethe gemina Leech, 1891^{c g} (Tytler's treebrown)
- Lethe gemina zaitha Fruhstorfer, 1914
Lethe giancbozanoi Lang & Monastyrskii^g
Lethe goalpara Moore, 1865^{c g} (large goldenfork)
Lethe gracilis Oberthür, 1886^{c g}
Lethe gregoryi Watkins, 1927^g
Lethe gulnihal de Nicéville, 1887 - dull forester
Lethe hecate Leech, 1891^{c g} (dull forester)
Lethe helena Leech, 1891^{c g}
Lethe helle Leech, 1891^{c g}
Lethe insana Kollar, 1844^{c g} (common forester)
- Lethe insana formosana Fruhstorfer, 1908
Lethe insularis Fruhstorfer, 1911^{c g}
Lethe irma Evans, 1923^{c g}
Lethe jalaurida de Nicéville, 1880^{c g} (small silverfork)
Lethe kabrua Tytler, 1914^{c g} (Manipur goldenfork)
Lethe kanjupkula Tytler, 1914^{c g}
Lethe kansa Moore, 1857^{c g} (bamboo forester)
Lethe kinabalensis Okubo, 1979^{c g}
Lethe labyrinthea Leech, 1890^{c g}
Lethe lanaris Butler, 1877^{c g}
Lethe laodamia Leech, 1891^{c g}
Lethe latiaris Hewitson, 1863^{c g} (pale forester)
Lethe luteofasciata Poujade, 1884^{c g}
Lethe maitrya de Nicéville, 1880^{c g} (barred woodbrown)
Lethe manthara Felder, 1867^{c g}
Lethe manzorum Poujade, 1884^{c g}
Lethe margaritae Elwes, 1882^{c g} (Bhutan treebrown)
Lethe marginalis Motschulsky, 1860^{c g}
Lethe mataja Fruhstorfer, 1908^{c g}
Lethe mekara Moore, 1857^{c g} (common red forester)
Lethe minerva Fabricius, 1775^{c g}
Lethe moelleri Elwes, 1887^{c g} (Moeller's silverfork)
Lethe monilifera Oberthür, 1923^{c g}
Lethe montana ^g
Lethe naga Doherty, 1889^{c g} (Naga treebrown)
Lethe nicetas Hewitson, [1868] - yellow woodbrown
Lethe nicetella de Nicéville, 1887 - small woodbrown
Lethe nicevillei Evans, 1924^{c g} (small woodbrown)
Lethe nigrifascia Leech, 1890^{c g}
Lethe ocellata Poujade, 1885^{c g} (dismal mystic)
Lethe oculatissima Poujade, 1885^{c g}
Lethe perimede Staudinger, 1895^{c g}
Lethe portlandia (Fabricius, 1781)^{i b} (southern pearly-eye)
Lethe procne Leech, 1891^{c g}
Lethe proxima Leech, 1892/94^{c g}
Lethe ramadeva De Nicéville, 1887^{c g} (single silverstripe)
Lethe rohria Fabricius, 1787^{c g} (common treebrown)
- Lethe rohria daemoniaca Fruhstorfer, 1908
Lethe samio Doubleday, [1849]^{c g}
Lethe satyavati de Nicéville, 1880 - pallid forester
Lethe satyrina Butler, 1871^{c g} (pallid forester)
Lethe scanda Moore, 1857^{c g} (blue forester)
Lethe serbonis Hewitson, 1876^{c g} (brown forester)
- Lethe serbonis serbonis
- Lethe serbonis teesta
Lethe sicelis Hewitson, 1862^{c g}
Lethe siderea Marshall, 1880^{c g} - scarce woodbrown
Lethe sidonis Hewitson, 1863^{c g} (common woodbrown)
Lethe sinorix Hewitson, 1863^{c g} (tailed red forester)
Lethe sisii Lang & Monastyrskii^g
Lethe sura Doubleday, [1849]^{c g} (lilacfork)
Lethe syrcis Doubleday, [1849]^{c g}
Lethe titania Leech, 1891^{c g}
Lethe trimacula Leech, 1890^{c g}
Lethe tristigmata Elwes, 1887^{c g} (spotted mystic)
Lethe vaivarta Doherty, 1886^{c g}
Lethe verma Kollar, 1844^{c g} (straight-banded treebrown)
- Lethe verma cintamani Fruhstorfer, 1848
Lethe vindhya Felder, 1859^{c g} (black forester)
Lethe violaceopicta Poujade, 1884^{c g} (Manipur woodbrown)
Lethe visrava Moore, 1865^{c g} (white-edged woodbrown)
Lethe yantra Fruhstorfer, 1914^{c g}
Lethe zachara Fruhstorfer^{c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS,^[1] c = Catalogue of Life,^[2] g = GBIF,^[3] b = Bugguide.net^[4] ^[5]

References

↑ "Lethe Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
↑ "Browse Lethe". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
↑ "Lethe". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
↑ "Lethe Genus Information". BugGuide. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
↑ "Lethe Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[itis-1] "Lethe Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-14.

[catlife-2] "Browse Lethe". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-14.

[gbif-3] "Lethe". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-14.

[bugref-4] "Lethe Genus Information". BugGuide. Retrieved 2018-04-14.

[5] "Lethe Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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Taxon identifiers
Lethe	Wikidata: Q768932 Wikispecies: Lethe BioLib: 481260 BOLD: 26297 BugGuide: 611762 ButMoth: 15880.0 CoL: 92D6C EoL: 17345 GBIF (old): 1918309 iNaturalist: 125501 Insecta.pro: 13757 IRMNG: 1007286 ITIS: 777620 LepIndex: 141529 NCBI: 76216 Open Tree of Life: 643836 Paleobiology Database: 245009
Enodia	Wikidata: Q680969 BioLib: 649807 ButMoth: 9791.0 CoL: 9282P EoL: 96251 GBIF (old): 1898669 Insecta.pro: 27712 ITIS: 768258 LepIndex: 139324 NCBI: 42283 Open Tree of Life: 414397
Satyrodes	Wikidata: Q659959 BioLib: 649804 ButMoth: 26298.0 EoL: 3018877 GBIF (old): 4704475 iNaturalist: 58600 Insecta.pro: 27713 IRMNG: 1151113 LepIndex: 141539 NCBI: 366180 Open Tree of Life: 113927

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Selected species

References