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| image = Close wing puddling position of Lethe wui (Huang, 1999) - Golden Mystic.jpg<br />
| genus = Lethe<br />
| species = wui<br />
| authority = [[Hao Huang|Huang]], 1999<br />
| synonyms = {{Species list<br />
|Zophoessa wui|<br />
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'''''Lethe wui''''', the '''Tibetan silverfork''', '''golden mystic''' or '''Huang's mystic''', is a butterfly in the family [[Nymphalidae]]. It is found in [[Metok]] in [[Tibet]] and [[Arunachal Pradesh]] in India. It was described by Hao Huang in 1999.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Lang |first=Song-Yun |title=Notes on some little known Lethe Hübner, 1819 from Nujiang and Dulongjiang, NW Yunnan, China, with descriptions of a new subspecies |url=https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Atalanta_47_0216-0223.pdf |journal=Atalanta |volume=47 |issue=1/2 |pages=216–223}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Huang |first=Hao |last2=Wu |first2=Chun-Sheng |last3=Yuan |first3=Feng |title=Zophoessa ocellata (Poujade, 1885) and its allies in China with the description of two new species. A review of the genera Lethe, Zophoessa and Neope in China |url=https://ia601807.us.archive.org/12/items/neue-entomologische-nachrichten-55-145-158/neue-entomologische-nachrichten-55-145-158.pdf |journal=Neue Entomologische Nachrichten |volume=55 |pages=145–158}}</ref><br />
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This species was described from one male collected in [[Metok]], southeastern [[Tibet]]. Since then, this species has been sighted in [[Kachin State|Kachin]], Myanmar in 2011<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Koiwaya |first=Satoshi |last2=Shizuya |first2=Hideo |date=2011 |title=Description of a new species of Zophoessa (Satyridae) from Northern Myanmar. |journal=Gekkan-Mushi |volume=480 |pages=31–33}}</ref> and [[Mayodia Pass]], India in 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lethe wui Huang, 1999 - Golden Mystic {{!}} Butterfly |url=https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/lethe-wui |access-date=2026-04-19 |website=www.ifoundbutterflies.org}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Butterflies of Asia]]<br />
[[Category:Butterflies described in 1999]]<br />
[[Category:Lethe (butterfly)|wui]]<br />
[[Category:Insects of India]]<br />
[[Category:Insects of China]]<br />
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