Lethe scanda

Blue forester
	Upperside of male (above) and female
Scientific 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]

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

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

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[marshall-1] 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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