Lethe callipteris

Lethe callipteris is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae (Satyrinae). It is found in the East Palearctic where it is endemic to Japan, Sakhalin (L. c. karafutonis Matsumura, 1925) and the Kuriles (L. c. obscura Nakahara, 1926).

Lethe callipteris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Lethe
Species:
L. callipteris
Binomial name
Lethe callipteris
(Butler, 1877)[1]
Synonyms
  • Neope callipteris Butler, 1877
  • Zophoessa callipteris
  • Lethe suffusa Esaki, 1924
  • Lethe diluta Esaki, 1924
  • Lethe minima Esaki, 1924

The larva feeds on Sasa and Pleioblastus, etc. (Graminae). It has single generation and hibernates as a larva.[2]

Subspecies
  • Lethe callipteris callipteris (Japan)
  • Lethe callipteris karafutonis Matsumura, 1925 (Sakhalin)
  • Lethe callipteris obscura Nakahara, 1926 (Kuriles)

References
  1. "Lethe Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Taro Iwase, 1954 Synopsis of the known life-histories of Japanese butterflies The Lepidopterists' News 1954: 95-100 pdf
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