Cethosia

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Heliconiinae
Tribus: Acraeini
Genus: Cethosia
Species: C. biblis – C. cyane – C. cydippe – C. gabinia – C. hypsea – C. lamarcki – C. lechenaulti – C. luzonica – C. moesta – C. myrina – C. nietneri – C. obscura – C. penthesilea – C. tambora – C. vasalia
Name

Cethosia Fabricius, 1807

Type species: Papilio cydippe [=Cethosia cydippe] Linnaeus, 1767
Synonyms

Alazonia Hübner, [1819], Verz. bekannt. Schmett. (3): 46 (junior objective synonym)
Cetosia ; Frühstorfer, 1896 (subsequent misspelling)
Eugramma Billberg, 1820, Enum. Ins. Mus. Billb.: 78 (replacement name)

References

Fabricius, 1807, Magazin f. Insektenk. (Illiger) 6: 280.
Jakusch, J., 2006: Eine neue unterarg von Cethosia tambora Doherty 1891 von Solor Island/Indonesien (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Galathea 22 (1): 11–16.
Kirby, W.F. 1871. A synonymic catalogue of the diurnal lepidoptera. Van Voorst, London, 8vo, 690pp. BHL. ibid. 1877 Supplement. BHL Reference page.
Müller, C.J., 1999: A new species of Cethosia and a new subspecies of Delias (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae and Pieridae) from New Ireland, Papua New Guinea. Records of the Australian Museum 51 (2): 169–177.
Pitkin, B. & P. Jenkins, 2007, Butterflies and Moths of the World: Generic Names and their Type-species.
Treadaway, C.G. & H.G. Schroeder, 2009: A study of the subspecies of Cethosia biblis (Drury, 1773) from the Philippines (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Nachr. entomol. Ver. Apollo N.F. 29 (4): 193–198.

Vernacular names
English: Lacewings
中文: 鋸蛺蝶屬

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]

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

Incertae sedis

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

References

"Cethosia Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cethosia.

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