Cethosia cydippe, the eastern red lacewing,[1] is a species of butterfly from Australia, New Guinea and nearby islands. The Australian subspecies, C. c. chrysippe, is known as the red lacewing butterfly.
The imagines have scarlet wings with thick black edges and a diagonal white patch on the forewings. The underside is orange with similar white patches and lines of black spots, each with a white outline.[2] The wingspan is around 8 centimetres (3.1 in).[2]
Ecology and life cycleedit
Pale yellow eggs are laid in groups of 50 on the host plant.[2] The caterpillars which hatch from those eggs are herbivorous, feeding on vines in the family Passifloraceae, including Adenia heterophylla (lacewing vine) and Passiflora aurantioides (Queensland passion-fruit).[2] They are black with yellow bands and long black hairs, and form congregations on the host plants.[2] The pupae are brown and spiky with black and gold markings, hang from a cremaster and resemble a dead leaf.[2]
^ abcdA. Wells & W. W. K. Houston (2001). "Nymphalinae". Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 31. CSIRO Publishing. pp. 337–357. ISBN978-0-643-06700-4.
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cethosia, cydippe, eastern, lacewing, species, butterfly, from, australia, guinea, nearby, islands, australian, subspecies, chrysippe, known, lacewing, butterfly, eastern, lacewing, chrysippe, scientific, classification, domain, eukaryota, kingdom, animalia, p. Cethosia cydippe the eastern red lacewing 1 is a species of butterfly from Australia New Guinea and nearby islands The Australian subspecies C c chrysippe is known as the red lacewing butterfly Eastern red lacewing Cethosia cydippe chrysippe Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Insecta Order Lepidoptera Family Nymphalidae Genus Cethosia Species C cydippe Binomial name Cethosia cydippe Linnaeus 1767 Subspecies See text Synonyms Papilio cydippe Linnaeus 1767 Cethosia chrysonoe Godart 1819 Papilio ino Cramer Papilio chrysippe Fabricius 1775 Cethosia imperialis Butler 1876 Cethosia insulata Butler 1873 Cethosia cydippe coronilla Fruhstorfer 1909 Cethosia cydippe praestabilis Fruhstorfer 1909 Cethosia cydippe claudilla Fruhstorfer 1912 Contents 1 Description 2 Ecology and life cycle 3 Taxonomy and distribution 4 References 5 External linksDescription edit nbsp Cethosia cydippe spp aka red lacewing The imagines have scarlet wings with thick black edges and a diagonal white patch on the forewings The underside is orange with similar white patches and lines of black spots each with a white outline 2 The wingspan is around 8 centimetres 3 1 in 2 Ecology and life cycle editPale yellow eggs are laid in groups of 50 on the host plant 2 The caterpillars which hatch from those eggs are herbivorous feeding on vines in the family Passifloraceae including Adenia heterophylla lacewing vine and Passiflora aurantioides Queensland passion fruit 2 They are black with yellow bands and long black hairs and form congregations on the host plants 2 The pupae are brown and spiky with black and gold markings hang from a cremaster and resemble a dead leaf 2 Taxonomy and distribution editIt was described by Carl Linnaeus in the 1767 12th edition of Systema Naturae as Papilio cydippe He had previously described a European species now classified as Argynnis under that name in Fauna Svecica Centuria Insectorum Although the Principle of Priority in zoological nomenclature would normally require the oldest name to be used the 1767 name has been conserved against any earlier homonyms 3 Linnaeus quoted a type locality of India but this has been interpreted as a reference to Indonesia and the type locality is now Ambon 4 A number of subspecies are recognised including C c cydippe Linnaeus 1767 and C c chrysippe Fabricius 1775 4 C c cydippe occurs in the Aru Islands the Kai Islands and Maluku in Indonesia and on New Guinea both in the Indonesian Irian Jaya and in Papua New Guinea 4 C c chrysippe was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in his Systema Entomologiae in 1775 as Papilio chrysippe with a type locality of Cooktown Queensland The subspecies is endemic to Queensland where it is found in the northern Gulf Country and north east coastal region 4 All recognised subspecies listed alphabetically 1 C c alkmene Fruhstorfer 1902 D Etrecasteaux Archipelago C c antoni Kawai 1996 Tanimbar Island C c bernsteini C amp R Felder 1867 Bachan Halmahera Morotai C c cenchrites Fruhstorfer 1909 New Guinea C c chrysippe Fabricius 1775 Cape York C c cleanthis Fruhstorfer 1902 Trobriand Islands C c cydalima C amp R Felder 1867 Aru Goram C c cydippe Linnaeus 1767 Serang Ambon Saparua C c cyrene Wallace 1869 Waigeu C c damasippe C amp R Felder 1867 New Guinea C c doxata Fruhstorfer 1913 Goodenough Island C c insulata Butler 1873 Kai Island C c imperialis Butler 1876 Cape York to Townsville C c iphigenia Fruhstorfer 1901 Buru C c lucina Fruhstorfer 1905 Jobi C c mysolensis Fruhstorfer 1913 Mysol Island C c obiana Fruhstorfer 1903 Obi C c sangira Fruhstorfer 1906 Sangihe Sangira Island C c salwattensis Fruhstorfer 1913 Salwtti C c schoutensis Joicey amp Noakes 1915 Biak C c woodlarkiana Fruhstorfer 1902 Woodlark Island References edit nbsp Insects portal nbsp Arthropods portal a b Markku Savela March 11 2011 Cethosia cydippe Retrieved June 20 2011 a b c d e f Don Herbison Evans amp Stella Crossley December 4 2009 Cethosia cydippe Linnaeus 1767 Red Lacewing Heliconiinae Nymphalidae Retrieved June 17 2011 A Steven Corbet 1949 The Linnaean names of Indo Australian Rhopalocera Part 7 Summary of determinations Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London B 18 9 10 191 200 doi 10 1111 j 1365 3113 1949 tb01447 x a b c d A Wells amp W W K Houston 2001 Nymphalinae Hesperioidea Papilionoidea Zoological Catalogue of Australia Vol 31 CSIRO Publishing pp 337 357 ISBN 978 0 643 06700 4 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cethosia cydippe Cethosia cydippe Tree of Life Web Project Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cethosia cydippe amp oldid 1222848762, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
