''Lethe siderea '', the scarce woodbrown, 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 ...

. The species was first described by

George Frederick Leycester Marshall Major-General George Frederick Leycester Marshall (27 March 1843 Bridgnorth, Salop – 7 March 1934) was the son of William Marshall (a clergyman) and his wife Louisa Sophia, also brother of C. H. T. Marshall and uncle of Guy Anstruther Knox Mar ...

in 1880. Weymer, G. 1910-1911. 4. Familie: Satyridae. In: Seitz, A. (Ed.), ''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde''. Stuttgart, A. Kernen. 5: 185-225. It is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972.

Subspecies

*''L. s. siderea'' Sikkim to West China *''L. s. kanoi'' Esaki & Nomura, 1937 Formosa

References

visrava Butterflies of Asia Taxa named by George Frederick Leycester Marshall Butterflies described in 1880 {{Elymniini-stub