Cethosia Explained

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 – Luzon lacewing
• 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
• 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

External links

• Images representing Cethosia at EOL
• Images representing Cethosia at Consortium for the Barcode of Life

Notes and References

1. http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/heliconiinae/cethosia/ "Cethosia Fabricius, 1807"