Cethosia penthesilea

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| name = Orange lacewing

| image = Orange Lacewing.jpg

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| genus = Cethosia

| species = penthesilea

| authority = (Cramer, [1777])

| subdivision_ranks = Subspecies

| subdivision = See text

| synonyms = Eugramma paksha

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Cethosia penthesilea, the orange lacewing, is a species of heliconiine butterfly found in Southeast Asia, as well as the Australia's Northern Territory.[http://www.ozanimals.com/Insect/Orange-Lacewing/Cethosia/penthesilea.html Orange Lacewing], Ozanimals

Larval food: Lacewing Vine (Adenia heterophylla).[http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/nymp/penthes.html Orange Lacewing] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811150141/http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/nymp/penthes.html |date=2012-08-11 }}, Butterfly House

Subspecies

  • C. p. methypsea (Butler, 1879) – plain lacewing
  • C. p. paksha (Fruhstorfer, 1905) – orange lacewing
  • C. p. penthesilea (Cramer, [1777])

References

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Category:Acraeini

Category:Butterflies of Australia

Category:Butterflies of Indochina

Category:Butterflies described in 1777

Category:Taxa named by Pieter Cramer

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