The Plain Lacewing, Cethosia methypsea methypsea (Butler)

The Lacewings are common insects in the plains as well as the wooded country and can be seen quite frequently in villages frequenting flowering patches on the roadside. This species is distinguishable from C. hypsea by its narrow white submarginal band on its hindwings.

Habitat indicator

RSP	WV	PG	VF	FTR	SC	LWDF	LWPF	LMEF	UMN	MN
			x		x	x	x	x

Frequency observation chart: (S marks the usual occurences, H marks an unusually high occurence, F for first record)

2013
Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct
		S1	S1S5

2013		2014
Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct
S1		S1	S1		S1

2014

2015

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mac

Apr

May

June

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

S1

S5

2016
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
S3

2017
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

2018
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
					S	S	S	S	S

2019
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
					S	S	S	S	S	S	S

2020
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

2021
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

2022
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

Above 2 photos from 24 may 2013 @ 11:53

10 June 2013 @ 12:07.

03 November 2013 @ 10:58

Above 2 photos 03 November 2013 @ 10:58

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Above 3 photos of a female: 04 January 2014 @ 13:00

A newly eclosed female: 26 Jan 2014 @ 13:05

 13:06

13:09

19 Feb 2014 @ 11:56

a female visiting flowers: 10 Dec 2015 @ 11:17

Above a female comes to Chromolaena: 12 Dec 2019 @ 11:25