Lethe latiaris perimele  Fruhstorfer, 1911

Lethe latiaris perimele ♂ Up. Lethe latiaris perimele ♂ Un. Lethe latiaris perimele ♀ Up. Lethe latiaris perimele ♀ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Lethe latiaris perimele ♂ Up. Lethe latiaris perimele ♂ Un. Lethe latiaris perimele ♀ Up. Lethe latiaris perimele ♀ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Lethe latiaris perimele ♂ Up. Lethe latiaris perimele ♂ Un. Lethe latiaris perimele ♂ Up. Lethe latiaris perimele ♂ Un.
♂, Nan, Thailand. ♂, Nan, Thailand.

ON : Lethe latiaris perimele Fruhstorfer, 1911
OD : in Seitz, Grossschmett. Erde 9:323, t.97c.
TL : Tandong, Tenasserim.
Distribution : Myanmar, N.Thailand, Laos, Vietnam,
W. & S.Yunnan.
Lethe latiaris perimele map

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Lethe latiaris perimela [sic] ; Pinratana,1988 : 14, pl.16, figs.30,♂,♀,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Lethe latiaris perimela [sic] ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 250, pl.97, figs.S33,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Inthanon; Doi Phu Kha)
Lethe latiaris perimele ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 250, pl.97, figs.N69,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Inthanon; Doi Phu Kha)
Lethe latiaris perimele ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 173, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Par Hom Pok; Doi Phui; Doi Suthep)
Lethe latiaris perimele ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2023- : Butterflies of Thailand, fig. (Chiang Mai) (accessed: 2023.06.30)

[ LAOS ]
Lethe latiaris f.perimele ; Dubois & Vitalis,1924 : 29. (Ban-Toa-Phan)
Lethe latiaris perimele ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 210, pl.92, figs.♂,♀. (Phong Saly)
Lethe latiaris perimele ; Uémura,2003 : 5, fig.31 map.
Lethe latiaris perimele ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 48.

[ VIETNAM ]
Lethe latiaris perimele ; Monastyrskii,2005 : 60-61, pl.14, figs.3a♂,3b♂(Un),3c♀,3d♀(Un). (N: Nai [Ngai] Tio; Ba Be / C: Ngoc Linh; Kon Ka Kinh)
Lethe latiaris perimele ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 22. (N / C: to Gia Lai)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 7♂ 2♀ (incl. photo and photo by D.Sargeant).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nan : 2♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at moderate to high elevations (Alt. 950 - 1800m). Males are territorial on shrubs.


Literature

Fruhstorfer, H.,1911 : 4. Familie: Satyridae in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9
313-328. (25.Apr.1911)


Lethe latiaris perimele ♀ Lethe latiaris perimele ♀
♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

1998.12.26 - 2023.07.31.

A Check list of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM. Copyright © Y.Inayoshi.