Common forester
Lethe insana formosana
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L.  insana
Binomial name
Lethe insana
Kollar, [1844] [1]

Lethe insana, the common forester, is a species of Satyrinae butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm[2][3] The larva feeds on Arundinaria falcata

Subspecies

  • L. i. insana Northwest India, Bhutan, Sikkim, Nepal, Assam to Indo China
  • L. i. procris Leech, 1891 Thailand, Laos, Vietnam
  • L. i. formosana Fruhstorfer, 1908 Taiwan
  • L. i. brisanda de Nicéville, 1886 Bhutan, Assam, Northeast Burma
  • L. i. baucis Leech, 1891 West China, Central China

References

  1. Kollar, V. [1844] Aufzählung und Beschreibung der von Freiherr C. v. Hügel auf seiner Reise durch Kaschmir und das Himaleygebirge gesammelten Insekten in Hügel, Kaschmir und das Reich der Siek 4 : 393-564, pl. 1-28
  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.


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