Cethosia hypsea
the Malay lacewing
Andrew V. Z. BrowerIntroduction
This species is distributed from Myanmar through the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, the Philippines and the Indonesian Archipelago as far east as Bali. There are numerous described subspecies/geographical races.
Other Names for Cethosia hypsea
- Cethosia mindanensis
- Cethosia gabinia
- Cethosia mindanensis festiva
- Vernacular Names: the Malay lacewing
References
Corbet, A.S., Pendlebury, H.M.,Eliot, J.N. 1992. The butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
Müller, C.J.,Beheregaray, L.B. 2010. Palaeo island-affinities revisited - biogeography and systematics of the Indo-Pacific genus Cethosia Fabricius (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 57: 314-326.
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