Cethosia nietneri

Tamil lacewing
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Cethosia
Species:	C. nietneri
Binomial name
	Cethosia nietneri; C. & R. Felder, [1867]
Subspecies
	C. n. nietneri; C. n. mahratta;

Cethosia nietneri, the Tamil lacewing,^[2]^[1] is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in Sri Lanka and south India.^[2]^[1] The species name is after John Nietner who obtained specimens of the butterfly from Ceylon from which it was described.

^ ^a ^b ^c Savela, Markku. "Cethosia nietneri C. & R. Felder, [1867]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
^ ^a ^b R.K., Varshney; Smetacek, Peter (2015). A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing, New Delhi. p. 223. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN 978-81-929826-4-9.

[funet-1] Savela, Markku. "Cethosia nietneri C. & R. Felder, [1867]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 30, 2018.

[Smetacek-2] R.K., Varshney; Smetacek, Peter (2015). A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing, New Delhi. p. 223. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN 978-81-929826-4-9.

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