Cethosia hypsea, the Malay lacewing, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in from Myanmar to Indonesia and the Philippines.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Cethosia |
| Species: | C. hypsea
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| Cethosia hypsea | |
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The wingspan is about 80 mm.[2][3]
The larvae feed on Adenia species. They are wine red and have long spines. They are also poisonous.
Subspecies
edit- C. h. hypsea (Borneo)
- C. h. palawana Fruhstorfer (Palawan)
- C. h. munjava Fruhstorfer (western Java)
- C. h. fruhstorferi Stichel (eastern Java)
- C. h. hypsina C. & R. Felder, [1867] (southern Burma to Singapore)
- C. h. aeole Moore (north-eastern Sumatra)
- C. h. triocala Fruhstorfer (western Sumatra)
- C. h. pallaurea Hagen, 1898 (Mentawai)
- C. h. bankana Fruhstorfer (Bangka Island)
- C. h. batuensis Stichel (Batu Islands)
- C. h. mindanensis Felder (Philippines (Mindanao, Basilan))
- C. h. festiva Fruhstorfer, 1909 (Jolo (Sulu Archipelago))
- C. h. elioti Okubo, 1983
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C. h. hypsina, Singapore -
C. h. hypsina, Singapore
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References
edit- ^ "Cethosia Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Life History
- ^ butterflycircle.com Archived July 26, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
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