Lethe (butterfly)

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

<small>Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net</small>

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