Red Lacewing
Red Lacewing (Cethosia biblis) is medium-sized butterfly, with a wingspan reaching about 8cm, a species of heliconiine butterfly belonging to the Nymphalidae family. They can be found from India and Nepal, east to southern China and the Philippines, and south to Indonesia. Red Lacewing has a bad taste for predators, deriving from the poisonous host plants of the caterpillars.
Family: Nymphalidae
This picture is taken in the indoor live butterfly garden of the Sensational Butterflies Exhibition, Natural History Museum, London
NIKON D7000 plus Tamron SP AF 90mm f/2.8
Red Lacewing
Red Lacewing (Cethosia biblis) is medium-sized butterfly, with a wingspan reaching about 8cm, a species of heliconiine butterfly belonging to the Nymphalidae family. They can be found from India and Nepal, east to southern China and the Philippines, and south to Indonesia. Red Lacewing has a bad taste for predators, deriving from the poisonous host plants of the caterpillars.
Family: Nymphalidae
This picture is taken in the indoor live butterfly garden of the Sensational Butterflies Exhibition, Natural History Museum, London
NIKON D7000 plus Tamron SP AF 90mm f/2.8