Cethosia
| Cethosia | |
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| 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 | |
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Alazonia Hübner, [1819] | |
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) – 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
- 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
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
External links
- Images representing Cethosia at EOL
- Images representing Cethosia at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
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