Lethe confusa
| Banded Treebrown | |
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| From Arunachal Pradesh, August 2006 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Lethe |
| Species: | L. confusa |
| Binomial name | |
| Lethe confusa Aurivillius, 1897 | |
The Banded Treebrown, Lethe confusa, is a species of butterfly belonging to the satyr family that is found mainly in Southeast Asia and in parts of South Asia.
It is about 50-55 mm in expanse with the upper surface of wings predominantly brown in colour. Fore wing has a sub-apical white band and pale spot on the apex. Underside of the hindwing has a large ocellus or and a series of spots along the margin. Found in bamboo forests.
Description
Hind wing dentate at apex of vein 4. Upperside ground colour vandyke-brown; fore wing crossed by an oblique, slightly curved, discal white band, the margins of the band more even and regular than in the female of Lethe rohria; beyond this are two obliquely placed preapical white spots. Hind wing uniform, ocelli of the underside showing through.
Underside uniform brown; fore and hind wings with subbasal, subterminal and terminal sinuous lilacine-white lines; fore wing with the oblique discal white bar as on the upperside, followed by a subapical lilacine patch bearing three small ocelli in vertical order, and with a very short, oblique, white bar joining it to the costa. Hind wing with a sinuous, irregular, angulated discal lilacine-white line and a strongly arched series of black ocelli speckled with white in the centre, with an inner ochraceous, intermediate brown, and outer lilacine ring. Antenna, head, thorax and abdomen dull brown; antennae ochraceous at apex.[1] Wing expanse 54-64 mm.
The Himalayas, Shimla to Sikkim, Assam into Myanmar and extending to Java.
References
- ↑ Bingham, C. T. 1905. Fauna of British India. Butterflies. Volume 1. pp 82-83
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at Samsing in Darjeeling district of West Bengal, India.