Lethe baladeva
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| Lethe baladeva | |
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| In Lepidoptera Indica | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Lethe |
| Species: | L. baladeva |
| Binomial name | |
| Lethe baladeva | |
Lethe baladeva, the treble silverstripe, is a Satyrinae butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm (Uttarakhand and east to Sikkim, Bhutan and Assam). The species was first described by Frederic Moore in 1866.[2][3][4]
Lethe baladeva reaches 50–77 mm in size.[clarification needed]
It is a fast flier and quick to settle in the undergrowth and on clumps of bamboo. It flies between April and October from an elevation of 1500 up to 2700 metres in the Himalayas.[4]