A male Leopard Lacewing visiting flowers
"Leopard Lacewing" A male leopard lacewing Habited: Cethosia cyane, the leopard lacewing , is a species of heliconiine butterfly found from India to southern China (southern Yunnan ), and Indochina . Its range has expanded in the last few decades, and its arrival in the southern part of the Malay Peninsula, including Singapore , is relatively recent. SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION : Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Nymphalidae Genus: Cethosia Species: C. cyane Binomial name Cethosia cyane ( Drury , 1773) DESCRIPTION: Male : Upperside tawny, in fresh specimens a rich reddish tawny. Forewing : anterior and apical two-thirds black, the margin of this colour waved and irregular, following a line dividing the cell longitudinally and circling round to near the posterior angle; a short, broad, oblique, white bar beyond apex of cell, the veins crossing it and a spot in interspaces 3 ...