Cethosia
Cethosia penthesilea paksha
Cethosia biblis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Acraeini
Genus: Cethosia
Fabricius, 1807
Species

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Synonyms
  • Alazonia Hübner, [1819]
  • Eugramma Billberg, 1820

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:[1]

Incertae sedis

  • Cethosia moesta C. & R. Felder, [1867]
  • Cethosia lechenaulti Godart, [1824]
  • Cethosia gabinia Weymer, 1883
  • Cethosia vasilia Müller, 1999

References

  1. "Cethosia Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  • 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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