Lethe dura

Scarce lilacfork
Lethe dura in Lepidoptera Indica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Lethe
Species:	L. dura
Binomial name
Lethe dura (Marshall, 1882) [1]

Lethe dura, the scarce lilacfork, is a species of Satyrinae butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm.[2][3]

Close wing basking position of Lethe dura (Marshall, 1882) - Scarce Lilacfork

Subspecies

• L. d. dura Himalays, West China, Formosa Assam, Burma, Thailand
• L. d. gammiei (Moore, [1892]) Northwest India, Bhutan, Sikkim
• L. d. mansonia Fruhstorfer, 1911 Indo China, Vietnam
• L. d. moupiniensis (Poujade, 1884) West China
• L. d. neoclides Fruhstorfer, 1909 Taiwan

References

1. Marshall, G. F. L. 1882; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 51 Pt.II (2-3): 38, pl. 4, f. 2;
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.