Idea (butterfly)
Idea is a genus of butterflies known as tree nymphs or paper butterflies. The member species are concentrated around South-East Asia. See Sevenia for the genus of African tree nymphs.
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| Idea leuconoe, paper kite | |
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| Idea malabarica, Malabar tree-nymph | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subtribe: | Euploeina |
| Genus: | Idea Fabricius, 1807 |
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Species
Listed alphabetically:[1]
- I. agamarschana (C. & R. Felder, [1865]) – Andaman tree-nymph
- I. blanchardi Marchal, 1845 – black-trimmed rice paper
- I. durvillei Boisduval, 1832
- I. electra (Semper, 1878) – Electra's tree-nymph
- I. hypermnestra (Westwood, 1848)
- I. iasonia or I. jasonia (Westwood, 1848) – Ceylon tree-nymph
- I. idea (Linnaeus, 1763) – rice paper
- I. leuconoe Erichson, 1834 – paper kite
- I. lynceus (Drury, [1773]) – tree-nymph
- I. malabarica (Moore, 1877) – Malabar tree-nymph
- I. stolli (Moore, 1883) – common tree-nymph
- I. tambusisiana Bedford-Russell, 1981 – Bedford-Russell's tree-nymph or Sulawesi tree-nymph
References
- "Idea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
External links
- Idea at the Natural History Museum Butterflies and Moths of the World project
- Flickr Images tagged Idea Nymphalidae
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