Cethosia myrina
Encyclopedia
The Brown Accented Butterfly (Cethosia myrina) is a butterfly
of the Nymphalidae
family. It is found on Sulawesi
.
The wingspan
is about 75 mm.
Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
of the 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...
family. It is found on Sulawesi
Sulawesi
Sulawesi is one of the four larger Sunda Islands of Indonesia and is situated between Borneo and the Maluku Islands. In Indonesia, only Sumatra, Borneo, and Papua are larger in territory, and only Java and Sumatra have larger Indonesian populations.- Etymology :The Portuguese were the first to...
.
The wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is about 75 mm.
Subspecies
- Cethosia myrina myrina (northern Sulawesi)
- Cethosia myrina sarnada Fruhstorfer (southern Sulawesi)
- Cethosia myrina melancholia Fruhstorfer, 1909 (eastern Sulawesi)
- Cethosia myrina vanbemmeleni Jurriansz, 1918 (Butung Island)