Cethosia hypsea

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{{Redirect|Malay lacewing|the subspecies which shares this name|Cethosia hypsea hypsina{{!}}Cethosia hypsea hypsina}}

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| name = Malay lacewing

| image = Cethosia hypsea.jpg

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| image2 = Cethosia Hypsea mating.jpg

| image2_caption = Mating

| genus = Cethosia

| species = hypsea

| authority = Doubleday, [1847][http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/heliconiinae/cethosia/ "Cethosia Fabricius, 1807"] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

| synonyms =

• Cethosia hypsina C. & R. Felder, [1867]
• Cethosia pallaurea Hagen, 1898
• Cethosia mindanensis festiva Fruhstorfer, 1909

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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.[http://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/2008/06/life-history-of-malay-lacewing.html Life History][http://www.butterflycircle.com/checklist%20V2/CI/index.php/start-page/startpage/showbutterfly/59 butterflycircle.com] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726053532/http://www.butterflycircle.com/checklist%20V2/CI/index.php/start-page/startpage/showbutterfly/59 |date=July 26, 2011 }}

The larvae feed on Adenia species. They are wine red and have long spines. They are also poisonous.