Cethosia

Cethosia
Cethosia
Cethosia penthesilea paksha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Heliconiinae
Tribe: Heliconiini
Genus: Cethosia
Fabricius, 1807
Cethosia species

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Synonyms

Alazonia Hübner, [1819]
Eugramma Billberg, 1820

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.

Species

Listed alphabetically.[1]

  • Cethosia biblis (Drury, [1773]) – Red Lacewing, Common Lacewing, or Batik Lacewing
  • Cethosia cyane (Drury, 1773) – Leopard Lacewing
  • Cethosia cydippe (Linnaeus, 1767) – also known as 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
  • Cethosia myrina C. & R. Felder, 1867
  • 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

  • Cethosia moesta C. & R. Felder, [1867]
  • Cethosia lechenaulti Godart, [1824]
  • Cethosia gabinia Weymer, 1883
  • Cethosia vasilia Müller, 1999

References

  1. ^ Cethosia, funet.fi
  • 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
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