''Gaeana'' is a genus of cicadas, most members of which have colourful marking on their forewings, found across tropical and temperate Asia. Their bright wing patterns have been hypothesized as being a case of Batesian mimicry where the toxic models may be day-flying moths of the subfamilies

Zygaeninae The Zygaeninae are a subfamily of the Zygaenidae family of moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There ...

and

Arctiinae The Arctiinae (formerly called the family Arctiidae) are a large and diverse subfamily of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species.Scoble, MJ. (1995). ''The Lepidoptera: Form, Function and D ...

. It is closely related to the genus ''

Tosena ''Tosena'' is a genus of cicadas from South-East Asia. They are the type genus of tribe Tosenini. Species formerly included in ''Tosena'' are '' Distantalna splendida'', '' Formotosena montivaga'', '' Formotosena seebohmi'' and '' Trengganua siby ...

'' but is differentiated by the exposed tympanum and lacks spines on the sides of the pronotum.

Species

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list: * '' Gaeana atkinsoni'' Distant, 1892 * '' Gaeana cheni'' Chou, Lei, Li, Lu & Yao, 1997 * '' Gaeana chinensis'' Kato, 1940 * '' Gaeana consors'' Atkinson, 1884 * '' Gaeana hainanensis'' Chou & Yao, 1895 * ''

Gaeana maculata ''Gaeana maculata'' is the type species of cicadas in the genus ''Gaeana''. It was first described by Dru Drury in 1773, from China. Description Upper side: head black. Eyes yellow brown, round, and projecting from the head a little; between ...

'' (Drury, 1773) * '' Gaeana nigra'' Lei & Chou, 1997 * '' Gaeana variegata'' Yen, Robinson & Quicke, 2005 Note: species previously placed here are now included in: ''

Ambragaeana ''Ambragaeana''Chou & Yao (1985) ''Entomotaxonomia'' 7(2) is a genus of Asian cicadas in the tribe Gaeanini. This genus was previously placed in '' Gaeana'' and species in this tribe are often called "butterfly cicadas" because of the colours an ...

, Balinta,

Becquartina ''Becquartina'' is a genus of Asian cicadas in the tribe Gaeanini and the monotypic subtribe Becquartinina. This genus includes species that were previously placed in '' Gaeana'' and are sometimes known as "butterfly cicadas" due to their colour ...

Callogaeana ''Callogaeana''Chou & Yao (1985) ''Entomotaxonomia'' 7(2) is a genus of Asian cicadas in the tribe Gaeanini. This genus includes species that were previously placed in '' Gaeana'' and sometimes known as known as "butterfly cicadas" due to their ...

'' (including '' C. festiva''), '' Sulphogaeana'' and ''

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q15412824 Hemiptera of Asia Gaeanini Cicadidae genera