Cethosia myrina
Cethosia myrina, the violet lacewing[1] or brown accented butterfly, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found on the Indonesian islands of Sulawesi and Butung.
| Violet lacewing | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Cethosia |
| Species: | C. myrina |
| Binomial name | |
| Cethosia myrina C. & R. Felder, [1867] | |
The wingspan is about 75 mm.
Subspecies
- Cethosia myrina myrina (northern Sulawesi)
- Cethosia myrina ribbei Honrath, 1887 (Banggai)[2]
- Cethosia myrina sarnada Fruhstorfer, 1912 (southern Sulawesi)
- Cethosia myrina melancholia Fruhstorfer, 1912 (eastern Sulawesi)
- Cethosia myrina vanbemmeleni Jurriansz, 1920 (Butung Island)
References
- Subspecies of the Violet Lacewing, Cethosia myrina (Nymphalidae: Heliconiinae), a protected butterfly from Sulawesi, The Journal of Research on Lepidoptera
- "Cethosia Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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