Cethosia hypsea

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"Malay lacewing" redirects here. For the subspecies which shares this name, see Cethosia hypsea hypsina.

Malay lacewing
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Mating
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Cethosia
Species:
C. hypsea
Binomial name
Cethosia hypsea
Doubleday, [1847][1]
Synonyms
  • Cethosia hypsina C. & R. Felder, [1867]
  • Cethosia pallaurea Hagen, 1898
  • Cethosia mindanensis festiva Fruhstorfer, 1909

Cethosia hypsea, the Malay lacewing, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in from Myanmar to Indonesia and the Philippines. The wingspan is about 80 mm.[2][3] The larvae feed on Adenia species. They are wine red and have long spines. They are also poisonous.

Subspecies

  • C. h. hypsea (Borneo)
  • C. h. palawana Fruhstorfer (Palawan)
  • C. h. munjava Fruhstorfer (western Java)
  • C. h. fruhstorferi Stichel (eastern Java)
  • C. h. hypsina C. & R. Felder, [1867] (southern Burma to Singapore)
  • C. h. aeole Moore (north-eastern Sumatra)
  • C. h. triocala Fruhstorfer (western Sumatra)
  • C. h. pallaurea Hagen, 1898 (Mentawai)
  • C. h. bankana Fruhstorfer (Bangka Island)
  • C. h. batuensis Stichel (Batu Islands)
  • C. h. mindanensis Felder (Philippines (Mindanao, Basilan))
  • C. h. festiva Fruhstorfer, 1909 (Jolo (Sulu Archipelago))
  • C. h. elioti Okubo, 1983

References

  1. ↑ "Cethosia Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ↑ Life History
  3. ↑ butterflycircle.com Archived July 26, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
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