''Cethosia'', commonly called the lacewings, is a genus of
butterflies
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
of the
subfamily
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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 P ...
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 red ...
. They are found mainly in southeastern Asia as far south as
Australia
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.
Species
Listed alphabetically:
"''Cethosia'' Fabricius, 1807"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
*''Cethosia biblis
''Cethosia biblis'', the red lacewing, is a species of heliconiine butterfly belonging to the family Nymphalidae.
Subspecies
* ''C. b. biblis'' - Assam, central India – south-western China
* ''C. b. insularis'' C. & R. Felder, 1861 - Philipp ...
'' (Drury, 773
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– red lacewing, common lacewing, or batik lacewing
*''Cethosia cyane
''Cethosia cyane'', the leopard lacewing, is a species of heliconiine butterfly found from India to southern China (southern Yunnan), and Indochina. Its range has expanded in the last few decades, and its arrival in the southern part of the Ma ...
'' (Drury, 773
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– leopard lacewing
*''Cethosia cydippe
''Cethosia cydippe'', the eastern red lacewing, is a species of butterfly from Australia, New Guinea and nearby islands. The Australian subspecies, ''C. c. chrysippe'', is known as the red lacewing butterfly.
Description
The imagines have s ...
'' (Linnaeus, 1767) – eastern red lacewing
*''Cethosia hypsea
''Cethosia hypsea'', the Malay lacewing, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in from Burma to Indonesia and the Philippines.
The wingspan is about 80 mm. Adults are bright orange red above with broad black borders, warnin ...
'' Doubleday, 847
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** '' Cethosia hypsea hypsina'' (C. & R. Felder, 1867) – Malay lacewing
*''Cethosia lamarcki
''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:
** '' Cethosi ...
'' Godart, 1819
*'' Cethosia luzonica'' C. & R. Felder, 1863 – Luzon lacewing
*''Cethosia myrina
''Cethosia myrina'', the violet lacewing or brown accented butterfly, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found on the Indonesian islands of Sulawesi and Butung.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplan ...
'' C. & R. Felder, 867/small> – violet lacewing
*''Cethosia nietneri
''Cethosia nietneri'', the Tamil lacewing, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in Sri Lanka and south India. The species name is after John Nietner who obtained specimens of the butterfly from Ceylon from which it was described.
Descript ...
'' C. & R. Felder, 867/small> – Tamil lacewing
*''Cethosia obscura
''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:
** '' Cethosi ...
'' Guérin-Méneville, 830
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Events
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*'' Cethosia penthesilea'' (Cramer, 777
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** ''C. p. methypsea'' (Butler, 1879) – plain lacewing
** ''C. p. paksha'' (Fruhstorfer, 1905) – orange lacewing
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*''Cethosia moesta
''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:
** '' Cethosi ...
'' C. & R. Felder, 867/small>
*''Cethosia lechenaulti
''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:
** '' Cethosi ...
'' Godart, 824
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Events
By place
Europe
* November 11 – The '' Constitutio Romana'' establishes the authority of the ...
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*''Cethosia gabinia
''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:
** '' Cethosi ...
'' Weymer, 1883
*''Cethosia vasilia
''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:
** '' Cethosi ...
'' 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
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External links
Images representing ''Cethosia''
at EOL
Images representing ''Cethosia''
at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
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Heliconiini
Nymphalidae genera
Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius
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