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Cethosia myrina

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Violet lacewing
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Cethosia
Species:
C. myrina
Binomial name
Cethosia myrina
C. & R. Felder, [1867]

Cethosia myrina, the violet lacewing[1] or brown accented butterfly, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found on the Indonesian islands of Sulawesi and Butung.

The wingspan is about 75 mm.

Subspecies

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  • Cethosia myrina myrina (northern Sulawesi)
  • Cethosia myrina ribbei Honrath, 1887 (Banggai)[2]
  • Cethosia myrina sarnada Fruhstorfer, 1912 (southern Sulawesi)
  • Cethosia myrina melancholia Fruhstorfer, 1912 (eastern Sulawesi)
  • Cethosia myrina vanbemmeleni Jurriansz, 1920 (Butung Island)

References

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  1. ^ Subspecies of the Violet Lacewing, Cethosia myrina (Nymphalidae: Heliconiinae), a protected butterfly from Sulawesi Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine, The Journal of Research on Lepidoptera
  2. ^ "Cethosia Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms