Lethe siderea , the scarce woodbrown, is a species of Satyrinae butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm. The species was first described by George Frederick Leycester Marshall in 1880.[2][3] It is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972.
| Scarce woodbrown | |
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| In Lepidoptera Indica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Lethe |
| Species: | L. siderea
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| Binomial name | |
| Lethe siderea | |
Subspecies
edit- L. s. siderea Sikkim to West China
- L. s. kanoi Esaki & Nomura, 1937 Formosa
References
edit- ^ Marshall in Marshall & de Nicéville (1881). "Some new Species of rhopalocerous Lepidoptera from the Indian Region". Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 49 Pt. II (4): 245-248.
- ^ "Lethe Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Weymer, G. 1910-1911. 4. Familie: Satyridae. In: Seitz, A. (Ed.), Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Stuttgart, A. Kernen. 5: 185-225.