Lethe (butterfly)

Lethe
Straight-banded treebrown (Lethe verma)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Satyrinae
Tribe: Elymniini
Genus: Lethe
Hübner, [1819]
Species

Numerous, see text

Synonyms
  • Zophoessa
  • Debis

Lethe is a genus of butterflies in the subfamily Satyrinae of the family Nymphalidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819. It includes the treebrowns, woodbrowns, foresters and their relatives. The species in the genus Lethe occur in temperate-tropical southern and eastern Asia, up to Indonesia and in North America.

Lethe anthedon, northern pearly-eye
Lethe