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Cethosia

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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

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderLepidoptera
  5. FamilyNymphalidae
Observations recorded8,797

鋸蛺蝶屬(學名:Cethosia)是蛺蝶科釉蛺蝶亞科中的一個屬。物種主要分佈於東南亞,澳洲南部亦可見。

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
84
With media
5
Family
Nymphalidae
Collections
UMNH, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, YPM, FMNH, CSIRO, CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, OH (CLEV)
Recorded in
Australia, Thailand, India, Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, New Guinea, United States

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Acraeini
Image
Orange Lacewing, Cairns.jpg
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taxon name
Cethosia
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Cethosia
Commons category
Cethosia
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Encyclopedic overview

4 sections
Contents
  • Species
  • ''[[Incertae sedis]]''
  • References
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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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