Cethosia
Cethosia penthesilea paksha
Cethosia biblis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Acraeini
Genus:	Cethosia Fabricius, 1807
Species
See text
Synonyms
Alazonia Hübner, [1819] Eugramma Billberg, 1820

Cethosia, commonly called the lacewings, is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Heliconiinae in the family Nymphalidae. They are found mainly in southeastern Asia as far south as Australia.

Species

Listed alphabetically:^[1]

• Cethosia biblis (Drury, [1773]) – red lacewing, common lacewing, or batik lacewing
• Cethosia cyane (Drury, [1773]) – leopard lacewing
• Cethosia cydippe (Linnaeus, 1767) – eastern red lacewing
• Cethosia hypsea Doubleday, [1847]
  • Cethosia hypsea hypsina (C. & R. Felder, 1867) – Malay lacewing
• Cethosia lamarcki Godart, 1819
• Cethosia luzonica C. & R. Felder, 1863 – Luzon lacewing
• Cethosia myrina C. & R. Felder, [1867] – violet lacewing
• Cethosia nietneri C. & R. Felder, [1867] – Tamil lacewing
• Cethosia obscura Guérin-Méneville, [1830]
• Cethosia penthesilea (Cramer, [1777])
  • C. p. methypsea (Butler, 1879) – plain lacewing
  • C. p. paksha (Fruhstorfer, 1905) – orange lacewing
• Cethosia tambora Doherty, 1891

Incertae sedis

• Cethosia moesta C. & R. Felder, [1867]
• Cethosia lechenaulti Godart, [1824]
• Cethosia gabinia Weymer, 1883
• Cethosia vasilia Müller, 1999