''Cethosia'', commonly called the lacewings, is a genus of
butterflies 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 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.
Species
Listed alphabetically:
"''Cethosia'' Fabricius, 1807"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
*'' Cethosia biblis'' (Drury, 773 – red lacewing, common lacewing, or batik lacewing
*'' Cethosia cyane'' (Drury, 773 – leopard lacewing
*'' Cethosia cydippe'' (Linnaeus, 1767) – eastern red lacewing
*'' Cethosia hypsea'' Doubleday, 847/small>
** '' 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, 867/small> – violet lacewing
*'' Cethosia nietneri'' C. & R. Felder, 867/small> – Tamil lacewing
*'' Cethosia obscura'' Guérin-Méneville, 830
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*'' Cethosia penthesilea'' (Cramer, 777
** ''C. p. methypsea'' (Butler, 1879) – plain lacewing
** ''C. p. paksha'' (Fruhstorfer, 1905) – orange lacewing
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Incertae sedis
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*'' Cethosia moesta'' C. & R. Felder, 867/small>
*'' Cethosia lechenaulti'' Godart, 824/small>
*'' Cethosia gabinia'' 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
Leiden (; in English and archaic Dutch also Leyden) ...
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External links
Images representing ''Cethosia''
at EOL
Images representing ''Cethosia''
at 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
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