Cethosia penthesilea

Updated on Dec 18, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Scientific name Cethosia penthesilea		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Cethosia Rank Species

Similar Cethosia cydippe, Cethosia, Vindula arsinoe, Cethosia hypsea, Cethosia biblis

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

Larval food: Adenia heterophylla.

Subspecies

C. p. methypsea (Butler, 1879) – plain lacewing

C. p. paksha (Fruhstorfer, 1905) – orange lacewing

References

Cethosia penthesilea Wikipedia

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