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The Banded Treebrown, ''Lethe confusa'', is a species of butterfly belonging to the satyr family that is found mainly in Southeast Asia and in parts of South Asia. It is about 50-55 mm in expanse with the upper surface of wings predominantly brown in colour. Fore wing has a sub-apical white band and pale spot on the apex. Underside of the hindwing has a large ocellus or and a series of spots along the margin. Found in bamboo forests. ==Description== Hind wing dentate at apex of vein 4. Upperside ground colour vandyke-brown; fore wing crossed by an oblique, slightly curved, discal white band, the margins of the band more even and regular than in the female of ''Lethe rohria''; beyond this are two obliquely placed preapical white spots. Hind wing uniform, ocelli of the underside showing through. Underside uniform brown; fore and hind wings with subbasal, subterminal and terminal sinuous lilacine-white lines; fore wing with the oblique discal white bar as on the upperside, followed by a subapical lilacine patch bearing three small ocelli in vertical order, and with a very short, oblique, white bar joining it to the costa. Hind wing with a sinuous, irregular, angulated discal lilacine-white line and a strongly arched series of black ocelli speckled with white in the centre, with an inner ochraceous, intermediate brown, and outer lilacine ring. Antenna, head, thorax and abdomen dull brown; antennae ochraceous at apex.〔Bingham, C. T. 1905. ''Fauna of British India. Butterflies''. Volume 1. pp 82-83〕 Wing expanse 54-64 mm. The Himalayas, Shimla to Sikkim, Assam into Myanmar and extending to Java. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lethe confusa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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