''Lethe dura'', the scarce lilacfork, is a species of

Satyrinae The Satyrinae, the satyrines or satyrids, commonly known as the browns, are a subfamily of the Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies). They were formerly considered a distinct family, Satyridae. This group contains nearly half of the known divers ...

butterfly found in the

Indomalayan realm The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia. Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Indi ...

. Weymer, G. 1910-1911. 4. Familie: Satyridae. In: Seitz, A. (Ed.), ''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde''. Stuttgart, A. Kernen. 5: 185-225.

Subspecies

*'' L. d. dura'' Himalays, West China, Formosa Assam, Burma, Thailand *''L. d. gammiei'' (Moore,

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Northwest India, Bhutan, Sikkim *''L. d. mansonia'' Fruhstorfer, 1911 Indo China, Vietnam *''L. d. moupiniensis'' (Poujade, 1884) West China *''L. d. neoclides'' Fruhstorfer, 1909 Taiwan

References

dura Dura may also refer to: Đura such as, for example, Đura Bajalović Geography * Dura language, a critically endangered language of Nepal * Dura, Africa, an ancient city and former bishopric, now a Catholic titular see * Dura-Europos, an ancient c ...

Butterflies of Asia Taxa named by George Frederick Leycester Marshall Butterflies described in 1882 {{Elymniini-stub