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'''''Lethe wui''''', the '''Tibetan silverfork''', the '''Golden mystic''' or the '''Huang's mystic''', is a butterfly in the family [[Nymphalidae]]. It is found in [[Metok]] in [[Tibet]] and [[Arunachal Pradesh]] in [[India]]. It was described by [[Hao Huang]] in 1999. |
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'''''Lethe wui''''', the '''Tibetan silverfork''', the '''Golden mystic''' or the '''Huang's mystic''', is a butterfly in the family [[Nymphalidae]]. It is found in [[Metok]] in [[Tibet]] and [[Arunachal Pradesh]] in [[India]]. It was described by [[Hao Huang]] in 1999.[{{Cite journal |last=Lang |first=Song-Yun |title=Notes on some little known Lethe Hübner, 1819 from Nujiang and Dulongjiang, NW Yunnan, China, with descriptions of a new subspecies |url=https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Atalanta_47_0216-0223.pdf |journal=Atalanta |volume=47 |issue=1/2 |pages=216-223}}][{{Cite journal |last=Huang |first=Hao |last2=Wu |first2=Chun-Sheng |last3=Yuan |first3=Feng |title=Zophoessa ocellata (Poujade, 1885) and its allies in China with the description of two new species. A review of the genera Lethe, Zophoessa and Neope in China |url=https://ia601807.us.archive.org/12/items/neue-entomologische-nachrichten-55-145-158/neue-entomologische-nachrichten-55-145-158.pdf |journal=Neue Entomologische Nachrichten |volume=55 |pages=145-158}}] |
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This species was described from one male collected in [[Metok]], southeastern [[Tibet]]. Since then, this species has been sighted in [[Kachin State|Kachin]], [[Myanmar]] in 2011[{{Cite journal |last=Koiwaya |first=Satoshi |last2=Shizuya |first2=Hideo |date=2011 |title=Description of a new species of Zophoessa (Satyridae) from Northern Myanmar. |journal=Gekkan-Mushi |volume=480 |pages=31-33}}] and [[Mayodia Pass]], [[India]] in 2025.[{{Cite web |title=Lethe wui Huang, 1999 - Golden Mystic {{!}} Butterfly |url=https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/lethe-wui |access-date=2026-04-19 |website=www.ifoundbutterflies.org}}] |
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