Cethosia penthesilea

Orange lacewing
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Nymphalidae
Genus:Cethosia
Species: C. penthesilea
Binomial name
Cethosia penthesilea
(Cramer, [1777])
Subspecies

See text

Synonyms

Eugramma paksha

Cethosia penthesilea, the orange lacewing, is a species of heliconiine butterfly found in Southeast Asia, as well as the Australia's Northern Territory.[1]

Larval food: Lacewing Vine (Adenia heterophylla).[2]

Subspecies

  • C. p. methypsea (Butler, 1879) – plain lacewing
  • C. p. paksha (Fruhstorfer, 1905) – orange lacewing

References

  1. Orange Lacewing, Ozanimals
  2. Orange Lacewing, Butterfly House


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