Lethe scanda
Appearance
Blue forester | |
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Upperside of male (above) and female | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Lethe |
Species: | L. scanda
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Binomial name | |
Lethe scanda (Moore, 1857)
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Synonyms | |
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Lethe scanda, the blue forester, is a species of satyrine butterfly found in parts of Asia. It is known from Sikkim and Bhutan.[1][2]
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This butterfly has a 2.5 to 2.6 inches (6.4 to 6.6 cm) wingspan. The male is a deep indigo blue on the upperside with the margins being paler. The females are darker brown with yellow subapical marks. Males have a tuft of black hairs on the second vein where it meets the median vein.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Marshall, GFL; de Niceville, Lionel (1882). The Butterflies of India Burmah and Ceylon. Calcutta: Calcutta Central Press. p. 139.
- ^ Elwes, HJ (1888). "A catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Sikkim". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London: 269–465.