Lethe wui

Lethe wui
Scientific classification
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Species:	Template:Taxonomy/LetheL. wui
Binomial name
	Template:Taxonomy/LetheLethe wui; Huang, 1999
Synonyms
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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.^[1]^[2]

This species was described from one male collected in Metok, southeastern Tibet. Since then, this species has been sighted in Kachin, Myanmar in 2011^[3] and Mayodia Pass, India in 2025.^[4]

References

↑ Lang, Song-Yun. "Notes on some little known Lethe Hübner, 1819 from Nujiang and Dulongjiang, NW Yunnan, China, with descriptions of a new subspecies" (PDF). Atalanta. 47 (1/2): 216–223.
↑ Huang, Hao; Wu, Chun-Sheng; Yuan, Feng. "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" (PDF). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten. 55: 145–158.
↑ Koiwaya, Satoshi; Shizuya, Hideo (2011). "Description of a new species of Zophoessa (Satyridae) from Northern Myanmar". Gekkan-Mushi. 480: 31–33.
↑ "Lethe wui Huang, 1999 - Golden Mystic | Butterfly". www.ifoundbutterflies.org. Retrieved 2026-04-19.

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[1] Lang, Song-Yun. "Notes on some little known Lethe Hübner, 1819 from Nujiang and Dulongjiang, NW Yunnan, China, with descriptions of a new subspecies" (PDF). Atalanta. 47 (1/2): 216–223.

[2] Huang, Hao; Wu, Chun-Sheng; Yuan, Feng. "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" (PDF). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten. 55: 145–158.

[3] Koiwaya, Satoshi; Shizuya, Hideo (2011). "Description of a new species of Zophoessa (Satyridae) from Northern Myanmar". Gekkan-Mushi. 480: 31–33.

[4] "Lethe wui Huang, 1999 - Golden Mystic | Butterfly". www.ifoundbutterflies.org. Retrieved 2026-04-19.

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