Cyane Means "Blue" - _TNY_0846
The leopard lacewing (Cethosia cyane) is a rather striking butterfly with this ventral side and a orange dorsal side with plack and white tips. So why is the species name "cyane" - meaning blue?
Well, it is because the white part at the front of the dorsal side of the wings will soon turn more light blue - this one has just crawled out of its chrysalis and its wings are still drying/hardening.
Cyane Means "Blue" - _TNY_0846
The leopard lacewing (Cethosia cyane) is a rather striking butterfly with this ventral side and a orange dorsal side with plack and white tips. So why is the species name "cyane" - meaning blue?
Well, it is because the white part at the front of the dorsal side of the wings will soon turn more light blue - this one has just crawled out of its chrysalis and its wings are still drying/hardening.