Lethe scanda

Blue forester
Upperside of male (above) and female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Lethe
Species:
L. scanda
Binomial name
Lethe scanda
(Moore, 1857)
Synonyms
  • Zophoessa dirphia
  • Debis nada

Lethe scanda, the blue forester, is a species of satyrine butterfly found in parts of Asia. It is known from Sikkim and Bhutan.[1][2]

Underside

This butterfly has a 2.5 to 2.6 inches (6.4 to 6.6 cm) wingspan. The male is a deep indigo blue on the upperside with the margins being paler. The females are darker brown with yellow subapical marks. Males have a tuft of black hairs on the second vein where it meets the median vein.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Marshall, GFL; de Niceville, Lionel (1882). The Butterflies of India Burmah and Ceylon. Calcutta: Calcutta Central Press. p. 139.
  2. ^ Elwes, HJ (1888). "A catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Sikkim". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London: 269–465.


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