Cethosia penthesilea
Cethosia penthesilea, the orange lacewing, is a species of heliconiine butterfly found in Southeast Asia, as well as the Australia's Northern Territory.[1]
| Orange lacewing | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Cethosia |
| Species: | C. penthesilea |
| Binomial name | |
| Cethosia penthesilea (Cramer, [1777]) | |
| Subspecies | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Eugramma paksha | |
Larval food: Lacewing Vine (Adenia heterophylla).[2]
Subspecies
- C. p. methypsea (Butler, 1879) – plain lacewing
- C. p. paksha (Fruhstorfer, 1905) – orange lacewing
References
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- Orange Lacewing, Ozanimals
- Orange Lacewing Archived 2012-08-11 at the Wayback Machine, Butterfly House
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