Cethosia cydippe

Cethosia cydippe
	Cethosia cydippe ssp. chrysippe
Systematics
Class :	Insects (Insecta)
Order :	Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Family :	Noble butterfly (Nymphalidae)
Subfamily :	Passion flower butterfly (Heliconiinae)
Genre :	Cethosia
Type :	Cethosia cydippe
Scientific name
	Cethosia cydippe
	( Linnaeus , 1767)

Cethosia cydippe ( Red Lacewing ) is a tropical butterfly from the genus Cethosia fromthe noble butterfly family ( Nymphalidae ).

features

The wings of the moth have a wingspan of about eight centimeters. They are black on the outside and bright red towards the black body and brown on top. A white band runs in front of the wing tips of the forewings. The underside of the forewings resembles the top. The underside of the hind wings is brown, at the base orange-red with a pattern of elongated, white-edged black spots. In the post-disk region there is a band of dark spots with a light border.

The fully grown caterpillars are black with yellow horizontal stripes and black thorns.

distribution

Cethosia cydippe occurs in New Guinea , the Indonesian islands of Aru , Kei , the Moluccas and in Queensland ( Australia ) on the northern Gulf of Carpentaria and on the northeast coast.

According to the large distribution area there are numerous subspecies , of which in Australia the subspecies Cethosia cydippe ssp. chrysippe (synonym Cethosia chrysippe ) occurs.

Way of life

The caterpillars feed on Adenia heterophylla and species of the genus Hollrungia from the passion flower family (Passifloraceae).

Individual evidence

↑ Butterflies and Moths by common name - Cethosia cydippe (Red lacewing). James Cook University, September 26, 2009, archived from the original on July 29, 2008 ; accessed on September 26, 2009 .
↑ ^a ^b A. Wells, WWK Houston: Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea . In: Australian Biological Resources Study (Ed.): Zoological catalog of Australia . tape 31 . CSIRO Publishing, 2001, ISBN 978-0-643-06700-4 (615 pages).

Web links

Commons : Cethosia cydippe - collection of images, videos and audio files

[jcu-1] Butterflies and Moths by common name - Cethosia cydippe (Red lacewing). James Cook University, September 26, 2009, archived from the original on July 29, 2008 ; accessed on September 26, 2009 .

[Wells/Housten-2] A. Wells, WWK Houston: Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea . In: Australian Biological Resources Study (Ed.): Zoological catalog of Australia . tape 31 . CSIRO Publishing, 2001, ISBN 978-0-643-06700-4 (615 pages).