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.

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

• 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