Cethosia

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