Cethosia myrina explained
Cethosia myrina, the violet lacewing[1] or brown accented butterfly, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found on the Indonesian islands of Sulawesi and Butung.
The wingspan is about 75 mm.
Subspecies
- Cethosia myrina myrina (northern Sulawesi)
- Cethosia myrina ribbei Honrath, 1887 (Banggai)[2]
- Cethosia myrina sarnada Fruhstorfer, 1912 (southern Sulawesi)
- Cethosia myrina melancholia Fruhstorfer, 1912 (eastern Sulawesi)
- Cethosia myrina vanbemmeleni Jurriansz, 1920 (Butung Island)
Notes and References
- http://lepidopteraresearchfoundation.org/journals/45/JRL_45_55_64.pdf Subspecies of the Violet Lacewing, Cethosia myrina (Nymphalidae: Heliconiinae), a protected butterfly from Sulawesi
- http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/heliconiinae/cethosia/ "Cethosia Fabricius, 1807"