Lethe siderea siderea

Lethe siderea siderea Marshall, 1881


♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♂, Sekong, Laos.

♂, Kon Tum, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)		♂, Kon Tum, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)

ON : Lethe siderea Marshall, 1881
OD : in Marshall & Nicéville,
J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Part II. 49(4):246.
TL : Sikkim. (♂, NZC)

Distribution : Nepal, Sikkim, Assam, N. Myanmar,
N. Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, China.

Type Material Information

♂ Type, Sikkim. (NZC) ; Sheela et al.,2019 : 225, figs.♂,♂(Un), as Lethe sideria.
Neallotype 1♀, Rh15664, Kabrua, Manipur. (NHML)

Records taken from Literature
[ THAILAND ]
Lethe siderea siderea ; Pinratana,1988 : 11. not fig. (Chiang Mai)
Lethe siderea siderea ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 238, pl.91, figs.S16,♂,♂(Un),♀[♂],♀[♂](Un). (Doi Pha Hom Pok)
Lethe siderea siderea ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 238, pl.91, figs.N52,♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un). (Doi Pha Hom Pok)
Lethe siderea siderea ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 166. (by literature)

[ LAOS ]
Lethe siderea siderea ; Masui & Uehara,1999 : 19,22, figs.14,♂,♂(Un). (Xam Neua)
Lethe siderea siderea ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 210, pl.90, fig.♂. (Xam Neua)
Lethe siderea siderea ; Uémura,2003 : 3, fig.18 map.
Lethe siderea siderea ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 48.

[ VIETNAM ]
Lethe siderea siderea ; Monastyrskii,2005 : 50-51, pl.11, figs.3a♂,3b♂(Un). (N: Hoang Lien; Dong Phuc / C: Ngoc Linh)
Lethe siderea siderea ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 22. (N / C: to Gia Lai)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 4♂.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

[ LAOS ]
Sekong : 1♂.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

[ VIETNAM ]
Kon Tum : 2♂.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Notes

The butterfly is uncommon in montane forests at high elevations (Alt. 2000 - 2400m).

Literature

Marshall, G.F.L. & Nicéville, L., de,1881 : Some new Species of Rhopalocerous Lepidoptera from the Indian Region.
J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Part II. 49(4):245-248.

1998.12.10 - 2023.07.31.