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Banded Treebrown (Lethe confuse)
Place : Sungdung, Rongli, East Sikkim
Date: October 4, 2014
Pic: Shital Pradhan
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Lethe
Species:
L. confusa
Binomial
name: Lethe
confuse (Aurivillius, 1897)
Other Names: Banded Treebrown
Special feature: It is s found mainly in Southeast Asia and in parts of South
Asia.
“This
species is found in forested habitats, at altitudes between about 100-1000m. Males
settle on rocks or bare earth to imbibe mineralised moisture. (http://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com)”.