Number: 5
Family: Nymphaliidae
Sub-Family: Satyriinae
Sub-Family: Satyriinae
Species: Lethe confusa confusa Aurivillius, 1898
Common name(s): The Banded Treebrown
Photography location: Ba Vi N.P. (Hanoi), Cuu Thac-Tu Son (Hoa Binh Prov.)
Northern Vietnam is a site of particularly high levels of diversity for this genus, hosting over 80% of the known number of species (Monastyskii pp.32. in Anon, 2001).
L. confusa is the Lethe species I encounter the most in my habitual butterflies hunting grounds around Hanoi.
L. confusa is the Lethe species I encounter the most in my habitual butterflies hunting grounds around Hanoi.
Lethe confusa, from Ba Vi
L. verma is very similar but HW weakly toothed at vein 4 (making the HW appear more rounded), HW subbasal whitish line zigzag, not as straight as that of confusa.
L. verma is very similar but HW weakly toothed at vein 4 (making the HW appear more rounded), HW subbasal whitish line zigzag, not as straight as that of confusa.
Lethe confusa, from Cuu Thac-Tu Son
Two specimens feasting on dung (Cuc Phuong, May 2016)
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