Lethe scanda

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{{Speciesbox

| name = Blue forester

| image = Lethe scanda 75 4.jpg

| image_caption = Upperside of male (above) and female

| taxon = Lethe scanda

| authority = (Moore, 1857)

| synonyms =

• Zophoessa dirphia
• Debis nada

}}

Lethe scanda, the blue forester, is a species of satyrine butterfly found in parts of Asia. It is known from Sikkim and Bhutan.{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/butterfliesofind01mars#page/139/mode/1up/|page=139|title=The Butterflies of India Burmah and Ceylon|author1=Marshall, GFL |author2=de Niceville, Lionel|year=1882|publisher=Calcutta Central Press|place=Calcutta}}{{cite journal|title=A catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Sikkim|author=Elwes, HJ| journal=Transactions of the Entomological Society of London|year=1888|url=https://archive.org/stream/transactionsofen1888roya#page/310/mode/2up|pages=269–465}}

File:Lethe scanda 75 4b.jpg

This butterfly has a {{convert|2.5|to|2.6|in|cm}} wingspan. The male is a deep indigo blue on the upperside with the margins being paler. The females are darker brown with yellow subapical marks. Males have a tuft of black hairs on the second vein where it meets the median vein.