Cethosia penthesilea

Orange Lacewing
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Heliconiini
Genus: Cethosia
Species: C. penthesilea
Binomial name
Cethosia penthesilea
(Cramer, [1777])
Subspecies
  • C. p. methypsea (Butler, 1879) – Plain Lacewing
  • C. p. paksha (Fruhstorfer, 1905) – Orange Lacewing
Synonyms

Eugramma paksha

The Orange Lacewing (Cethosia penthesilea) is a species of heliconiine butterfly found in southeast Asia, as well as the Australia's Northern Territory.[1]

Larval food: Adenia heterophylla[2]

References

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  1. Orange Lacewing, Ozanimals
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