Cethosia cyane

Leopard lacewing
Male, top side, on flower
Male
Male and female, coupling, undersides, on leaf
Coupling
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Cethosia
Species:
C. cyane
Binomial name
Cethosia cyane
(Drury, 1773)
Subspecies

Cethosia cyane, the leopard lacewing, is a species of heliconiine butterfly found from India to southern China (southern Yunnan), and Indochina. Its range has expanded in the last few decades, and its arrival in the southern part of the Malay Peninsula, including Singapore, is relatively recent.