Cethosia hypsea, the Malay lacewing, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in from Myanmar to Indonesia and the Philippines.
The wingspan is about 80 mm.
The larvae feed on Adenia species. They are wine red and have long spines. They are also poisonous.
Subspecies
- C. h. hypsea (Borneo)
- C. h. palawana <small>Fruhstorfer</small> (Palawan)
- C. h. munjava <small>Fruhstorfer</small> (western Java)
- C. h. fruhstorferi <small>Stichel</small> (eastern Java)
- C. h. hypsina <small>C. & R. Felder, [1867]</small> (southern Burma to Singapore)
- C. h. aeole <small>Moore</small> (north-eastern Sumatra)
- C. h. triocala <small>Fruhstorfer</small> (western Sumatra)
- C. h. pallaurea <small>Hagen, 1898</small> (Mentawai)
- C. h. bankana <small>Fruhstorfer</small> (Bangka Island)
- C. h. batuensis <small>Stichel</small> (Batu Islands)
- C. h. mindanensis <small>Felder</small> (Philippines (Mindanao, Basilan))
- C. h. festiva <small>Fruhstorfer, 1909</small> (Jolo (Sulu Archipelago))
- C. h. elioti <small>Okubo, 1983</small>
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