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:

• 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

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• 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

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