genus

Pearly-eyes and Allies

Lethe

Field notes

Lethe is a genus of butterflies in the subfamily Satyrinae of the family Nymphalidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819. It includes the treebrowns, woodbrowns, foresters and their relatives. The species in the genus Lethe occur in temperate-tropical southern and eastern Asia, up to Indonesia and in North America.

Children

Pearly-eyes 3 native
Pearly-eyes and Allies 2 native
Banded Treebrown
Bamboo Treebrown

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native pearly-eyes and allies All

Native to the US, by observations.

Northern Pearly-eye Lethe anthedon 27,291 observations
Appalachian Brown Lethe appalachia 9,056 observations
Eyed Brown Lethe eurydice 4,493 observations
Southern Pearly-eye Lethe portlandia 2,768 observations
Creole Pearly-eye Lethe creola 1,149 observations