Lethe (genus)

Lethe
Straight-banded Treebrown Lethe verma
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

Lethe andersoni (Atkinson, 1871) Chinese Labyrinth, Lethe armandina Oberthür, 1881 Small Goldenfork, Lethe atkinsonia Hewitson, 1876 Treble Silverstripe, Lethe baladeva (Moore, 1886) Rusty Forester, Lethe bhairava (Moore, 1857) Lethe bojonia Fruhstorfer, 1913 Lethe butleri Lethe butleri periscelis Fruhstorfer, 1908 Angled Red Forester, Lethe chandica (Moore, 1858) Lethe chandica ratnacri Fruhstorfer, 1908 Lethe christophi Lethe christophi hanako Fruhstorfer, 1908 Banded Treebrown, Lethe confusa Lethe dakwania Tytler, 1939 Lethe diana Lethe diana australis Naritomi, 1943 Scarce Red Forester, Lethe distans Butler, 1870 Tamil Treebrown, Lethe drypetis Scarce Lilacfork, Lethe dura (Marshall, 1882) Lethe dynsate Bamboo Treebrown, Lethe europa Lethe europa pavida Fruhstorfer, 1908 Tytler's Treebrown, Lethe gemina Leech, 1891 Lethe gemina zaitha Fruhstorfer, 1914 Large Goldenfork, Lethe goalpara (Moore, 1865) Dull Forester, Lethe gulnihal de Nicéville, 1887 Common Forester, Lethe insana (Kollar, 1844) Lethe insana formosana Fruhstorfer, 1908 Small Silverfork, Lethe jalaurida (de Nicéville, 1880) Bamboo Forester, Lethe kansa (Moore, 1857)

Manipur Goldenfork, Lethe kabrua Tytler, 1914 Pale Forester, Lethe latiaris Hewitson, 1863 Bhutan Treebrown, Lethe margaritae (Elwes, 1882) Barred Woodbrown, Lethe maitrya de Nicéville, 1880 Lethe mataja Fruhstorfer, 1908 Common Red Forester, Lethe mekara (Moore, [1858]) Lethe minerva Moeller's Silverfork, Lethe moelleri (Elwes, 1887) Naga Treebrown, Lethe naga Doherty, 1889 Yellow Woodbrown, Lethe nicetas Hewitson, [1868] Small Woodbrown, Lethe nicetella de Nicéville, 1887 Dismal Mystic, Lethe ocellata Poujade, 1885 Single Silverstripe, Lethe ramadeva (de Nicéville, 1887) Common Treebrown, Lethe rohria Lethe rohria daemoniaca Fruhstorfer, 1908 Blue Forester, Lethe scanda (Moore, 1857) Pallid Forester, Lethe satyavati de Nicéville, 1880 Brown Forester, Lethe serbonis (Hewitson, 1876) Lethe serbonis serbonis Lethe serbonis teesta Scarce Woodbrown, Lethe siderea Marshall, 1880 Common Woodbrown, Lethe sidonis (Hewitson, 1863) Tailed Red Forester, Lethe sinorix (Hewitson, 1863) Lilacfork, Lethe sura (Doubleday, 1849) Spotted Mystic, Lethe tristigmata Elwes, 1887 Straight-banded Treebrown, Lethe verma (Kollar, 1844) Lethe verma cintamani Fruhstorfer, 1848 Black Forester, Lethe vindhya (Felder & Felder, 1859) Manipur Woodbrown, Lethe violaceopicta (Poujade, 1884) White-edged Woodbrown, Lethe visrava (Moore, 1865)

References

Lethe