''Cethosia'', commonly called the lacewings, is a genus of

butterflies Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises t ...

of the subfamily

Heliconiinae The Heliconiinae, commonly called heliconians or longwings, are a subfamily of the brush-footed butterflies (family Nymphalidae). They can be divided into 45–50 genera and were sometimes treated as a separate family Heliconiidae within the ...

in the family

Nymphalidae The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a re ...

. They are found mainly in southeastern Asia as far south as Australia.

Species

Listed alphabetically:"''Cethosia'' Fabricius, 1807"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' *'' Cethosia biblis'' (Drury,

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– red lacewing, common lacewing, or batik lacewing *'' Cethosia cyane'' (Drury,

– leopard lacewing *'' Cethosia cydippe'' (Linnaeus, 1767) – eastern red lacewing *'' Cethosia hypsea'' Doubleday,

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Cethosia hypsea hypsina ''Cethosia hypsea hypsina'', the Malay lacewing, is a subspecies of ''Cethosia hypsea'', a butterfly of the genus ''Cethosia'' belonging to the family Nymphalidae. Description The wingspan is about 80 mm. The uppersides of the forewings are ...

'' (C. & R. Felder, 1867) – Malay lacewing *'' Cethosia lamarcki'' Godart, 1819 *''

Cethosia luzonica ''Cethosia luzonica '', the Luzon lacewing, is a species of heliconiine The Heliconiinae, commonly called heliconians or longwings, are a subfamily of the brush-footed butterflies (family Nymphalidae). They can be divided into 45–50 genera ...

'' C. & R. Felder, 1863 – Luzon lacewing *'' Cethosia myrina'' C. & R. Felder, 867/small> – violet lacewing *'' Cethosia nietneri'' C. & R. Felder, 867/small> – Tamil lacewing *'' Cethosia obscura'' Guérin-Méneville,

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Cethosia penthesilea ''Cethosia penthesilea'', the orange lacewing, is a species of heliconiine butterfly found in Southeast Asia, as well as the Australia's Northern Territory. Larval food: Lacewing Vine (''Adenia heterophylla ''Adenia heterophylla'', commonly ...

'' (Cramer, 777 ** ''C. p. methypsea'' (Butler, 1879) – plain lacewing ** ''C. p. paksha'' (Fruhstorfer, 1905) – orange lacewing

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*'' Cethosia moesta'' C. & R. Felder, 867/small> *'' Cethosia lechenaulti'' Godart,

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/small> *'' 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 ''Zoologische Verhandelingen'' was a Dutch scientific journal covering research in zoology. It was published between 1948 and 2002 by the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie in Leiden Leiden (; in English and archaic Dutch also Leyden) ...

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Consortium for the Barcode of Life The Consortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL) was an international initiative dedicated to supporting the development of DNA barcoding as a global standard for species identification. CBOL's Secretariat Office is hosted by the National Museum of ...

Heliconiini Nymphalidae genera Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius {{Heliconiinae-stub

Species

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References

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