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 Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms Cethosia biblis (Drury, ) – red lacewing, common lacewing, or batik lacewing Cethosia cyane (Drury, ) – leopard lacewing Cethosia cydippe (Linnaeus, 1767) – eastern red lacewing Cethosia hypsea Doubleday, 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, – violet lacewing Cethosia nietneri C. & R. Felder, – Tamil lacewing Cethosia obscura Guérin-Méneville, Cethosia penthesilea (Cramer, ) C. p. methypsea (Butler, 1879) – plain lacewing C. p. paksha (Fruhstorfer, 1905) – orange lacewing Cethosia tambora Doherty, 1891
Incertae sedis Cethosia moesta C. & R. Felder, Cethosia lechenaulti Godart, 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
External links
Images representing Cethosia at EOL Images representing Cethosia at Consortium for the Barcode of Life