Abstract
The current findings are the first site specific records of L.d.gammiei Moore,1892 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) from the Kumaon region of the Himalaya and its unique association with Woolly-leaved Oak, Q.lanata Smith, 1819 over there.
Highlights
Occurrence and association of the Scarce Lilacfork Lethe dura gammiei (Moore, [1892]) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) with Woolly-leaved Oak Quercus lanata Smith, 1819 (Fabaceae) forest in the Kumaon region of the Indian Himalaya
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The subspecies L.d. gammiei (Moore, [1892]) has a distribution extending from Sikkim to Arunachal Pradesh including Bhutan and northeastern India with males being “not rare” while females being “very rare”; the nominate subspecies L.d. dura (Marshall, 1882) occurs in northwestern Yunnan, China (Huang 2003), Myanmar from Shan states up to Dawnas and is “very rare”; while the third subspecies L.d. mansonia (Fruhstorfer, 1911) occurs in Myanmar but only in Dawnas as “very rare” and in northern Vietnam; the fourth subspecies moupiniensis (Poujade, 1884) is known from western China; and the fifth subspecies neoclides Fruhstorfer, 1909 occurs in Taiwan
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