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THE genus Lethe (Lepidoptera, Satyridæ) belongs to the largest in its family and is therefore of considerable interest as to the dependence of its wing-pattern upon the general Nymphaloid prototype established by one of us1. In spite of the fragmentary character of materials at our disposal, we have been able to ascertain that the above prototype represents a basis of the wing-pattern of Lethe, just as is the case in a number of other genera of Nymphaloid families2.
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B. N. Schwanwitsch, Zeit. Morph. Oekol. Tiere, 13; 1929. 21; 1931. B. N. Schwanwitsch, Trans. Zool. Soc., London, 21; 1930.
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SCHWANWITSCH, B., SOKOLOV, G. Wing Pattern in Butterflies. Nature 134, 420 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/134420a0
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