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Cethosia
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.
| Cethosia | |
|---|---|
| Cethosia penthesilea paksha | |
| Cethosia biblis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Acraeini |
| Genus: | Cethosia Fabricius, 1807 |
| Species | |
| See text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Species edit
Listed alphabetically:[1]
- Cethosia biblis (Drury, [1773]) – red lacewing, common lacewing, or batik lacewing
- Cethosia cyane (Drury, [1773]) – leopard lacewing
- Cethosia cydippe (Linnaeus, 1767) – eastern red lacewing
- Cethosia hypsea Doubleday, [1847]
- Cethosia hypsea hypsina (C. & R. Felder, 1867) – Malay lacewing
- Cethosia lamarcki Godart, 1819
- Cethosia luzonica C. & R. Felder, 1863 – Luzon lacewing
- Cethosia myrina C. & R. Felder, [1867] – violet lacewing
- Cethosia nietneri C. & R. Felder, [1867] – Tamil lacewing
- Cethosia obscura Guérin-Méneville, [1830]
- Cethosia penthesilea (Cramer, [1777])
- C. p. methypsea (Butler, 1879) – plain lacewing
- C. p. paksha (Fruhstorfer, 1905) – orange lacewing
- Cethosia tambora Doherty, 1891
Incertae sedis edit
- Cethosia moesta C. & R. Felder, [1867]
- Cethosia lechenaulti Godart, [1824]
- Cethosia gabinia Weymer, 1883
- Cethosia vasilia Müller, 1999
References edit
- ^ "Cethosia Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Parsons M. (1999). The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea: Their Systematics and Biology. Academic Press, San Diego.
- Vane-Wright RI, and de Jong R. (2003). The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island fauna. Zoologische Verhandelingen 343: 1-267. PDF
External links edit
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- Images representing Cethosia at EOL
- Images representing Cethosia at Consortium for the Barcode of Life