Cethosia

Cethosia
Cethosia penthesilea paksha
Cethosia biblis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Acraeini
Genus: Cethosia
Fabricius, 1807
Species

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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.