''Cethosia hypsea'', the Malay lacewing, is a

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of the family

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. It is found in from

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and the

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. The

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is about 80 mm.butterflycircle.com
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e feed on ''

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'' species. They are wine red and have long spines. They are also poisonous.

Subspecies

*''C. h. hypsea'' (Borneo) *''C. h. palawana'' Fruhstorfer (Palawan) *''C. h. munjava'' Fruhstorfer (western Java) *''C. h. fruhstorferi'' Stichel (eastern Java) *'' C. h. hypsina'' C. & R. Felder, 867/small> (southern Burma to Singapore) *''C. h. aeole'' Moore (north-eastern Sumatra) *''C. h. triocala'' Fruhstorfer (western Sumatra) *''C. h. pallaurea'' Hagen, 1898 (Mentawai) *''C. h. bankana'' Fruhstorfer (

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) *''C. h. batuensis'' Stichel (Batu Islands) *''C. h. mindanensis'' Felder (Philippines (Mindanao, Basilan)) *''C. h. festiva'' Fruhstorfer, 1909 (Jolo (Sulu Archipelago)) *''C. h. elioti'' Okubo, 1983 File:Malay_lacewing_(Cethosia_hypsea_hypsina)_S.jpg, ''C. h. hypsina'', Singapore File:Malay lacewing (Cethosia hypsea hypsina) underside S.jpg, ''C. h. hypsina'', Singapore

References

Acraeini Butterflies of Singapore Butterflies of Indochina Butterflies of Borneo Butterflies described in 1847 Taxa named by Edward Doubleday Butterflies of Malaysia Butterflies of Indonesia {{Heliconiinae-stub