Cethosia
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Cethosia, commonly called the Lacewings, is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Heliconiinae
in the family Nymphalidae
. They are found mainly in southeastern Asia as far south as Australia
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Incertae sedis
Heliconiinae
The Heliconiinae, commonly called heliconians or longwings, are a subfamily of the brush-footed butterflies . They can be divided into 45-50 genera and were sometimes treated as a separate family Heliconiidae within the Papilionoidea...
in the family Nymphalidae
Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae is a family of about 5,000 species of butterflies which are distributed throughout most of the world. These are usually medium sized to large butterflies. Most species have a reduced pair of forelegs and many hold their colourful wings flat when resting. They are also called...
. They are found mainly in southeastern Asia as far south as Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
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Species
Listed alphabetically.- Cethosia biblisCethosia biblisCethosia biblis, common name Red Lacewing, is a species of heliconiine butterfly belonging to the Nymphalidae family.-Description:...
(Drury, [1773]) – Red Lacewing, Common Lacewing, or Batik Lacewing - Cethosia cyaneCethosia cyaneThe Leopard Lacewing is a species of heliconiine butterfly found from India to southern China , and Indochina. Its range has expanded in the last few decades, and its arrival in the southern part of the Malay Peninsula, including Singapore, is relatively recent.-Description:-Male:Upperside tawny,...
(Drury, 1773) – Leopard Lacewing - Cethosia cydippeCethosia cydippeCethosia cydippe is a species of butterfly from Australia and Southeast Asia. The Australian subspecies, C. c. chrysippe, is known as the Red Lacewing butterfly.-Description:...
(Linnaeus, 1767) – also known as Red Lacewing - Cethosia hypseaCethosia hypseaThe Malay Lacewing is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in from Burma to Indonesia and the Philippines....
Doubleday, [1847]- Cethosia hypsea hypsinaCethosia hypsea hypsinaCethosia hypsea hypsina, common name Malay Lacewing, is a subspecies of Cethosia hypsea, a butterfly of the genus Cethosia belonging to the Nymphalidae family.-Description:...
(C. & R. Felder, 1867) – Malay Lacewing
- Cethosia hypsea hypsina
- Cethosia lamarcki Godart, 1819
- Cethosia luzonica C. & R. Felder, 1863
- Cethosia myrinaCethosia myrinaThe Brown Accented Butterfly is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found on Sulawesi.The wingspan is about 75 mm.-Subspecies:*Cethosia myrina myrina...
C. & R. Felder, 1867 - Cethosia nietneriCethosia nietneriThe Tamil Lacewing is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in South Asia.-Male:Upperside deep black. Fore wing: a broad line along both sides of the basal halves of veins 1 and 2 and of median vein ochraceous; a curved series of short bluish streaks between the veins beyond apex of cell,...
C. & R. Felder, 1867 – Tamil Lacewing - Cethosia obscura Guérin-Méneville, [1830]
- Cethosia penthesileaCethosia penthesileaThe Orange Lacewing is a species of heliconiine butterfly found in south-east Asia, Indonesia, and Australia.Larval food: Adenia heterophylla...
(Cramer, [1777])- C. p. methypsea (Butler, 1879) – Plain Lacewing
- C. p. paksha (Fruhstorfer, 1905) – Orange Lacewing
- Cethosia tambora (Doherty, 1891)
Incertae sedisIncertae sedis , is a term used to define a taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. Uncertainty at specific taxonomic levels is attributed by , , and similar terms.-Examples:*The fossil plant Paradinandra suecica could not be assigned to any...
- Cethosia moesta C. & R. Felder, [1867]
- Cethosia lechenaulti Godart, [1824]
- Cethosia gabinia Weymer, 1883
- Cethosia vasilia Müller, 1999