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Lethe latiaris

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Pale forester
Lethe latiaris in Lepidoptera Indica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Lethe
Species:
L. latiaris
Binomial name
Lethe latiaris
(Hewitson, 1863) [1]
Close wing position of Lethe latiaris Hewitson, 1863 – Pale Forester

Lethe latiaris , the pale forester, is a species of Satyrinae butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm [2][3]

Subspecies

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  • L. l. latiaris Sikkim - Assam, Karens, Yunnan
  • L. l. perimela Fruhstorfer, 1911 Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam

Synonym

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  • L. l. lishadii Huang, 2002 S E Tibet was synonymized for nominate race by Yoshino 2022
  • L. unistigma Lee, 1996 Yunnan was synonymized for nominate race by Yoshino 2022

References

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  • Yoshino K. 2022: Descriptions of new subspecies of Delias lativitta, Melitaea agar, and Issoria altissima from China and changes in the status of the genera Aporia and Lethe from China and Vietnam. Butterfly Science 22:78 - 91
  1. ^ Hewitson, W. 1863 Illustrations of new species of exotic Butterflies selected chiefly from the collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson
  2. ^ "Lethe Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. ^ Weymer, G. 1910-1911. 4. Familie: Satyridae. In: Seitz, A. (Ed.), Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Stuttgart, A. Kernen. 5: 185-225.