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Orange lacewing

Cethosia penthesilia

Photo by MartinL
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Field Notes

Description:

A delightful and delicately patterned butterfly. Lacewings occur throughout Asia in various species, C. penthesilia is one of only two lacewings found in Australia.

Habitat:

spotted in the Melbourne zoo butterfly enclosure.

Reference Links:

Cethosia penthesilea

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
MartinL
You'll have to go a lot further north to see this one. Curious how the larvae has the same colors.

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PublishedAugust 20, 2013

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