Genus of butterflies
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.
Lethe anthedon , northern pearly-eyeLethe 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 ratnacri Fruhstorfer, 1908
Lethe christophi Leech, 1891 c g
Lethe christophi hanako Fruhstorfer, 1908
Lethe confusa Aurivillius, 1897 c g (banded treebrown)
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 delila Staudinger, 1896 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]
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