Blanchard's ghost

Blanchard's ghost
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Idea
Species:	I. blanchardii
Binomial name
	Idea blanchardii; Marchal, 1845[1][2]

Blanchard's ghost or tree nymph (Idea blanchardii), is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.[1], which was first described by Paul Marchal in 1845.

Laying an egg

References

I. blanchardii at http://www.funet.fi
R.I. Vane-Wright and R. de Jong (2003). "The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island fauna". Naturalis Biodiversity Center. 343: 3–267. Retrieved 28 September 2012.

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[funet-1] I. blanchardii at http://www.funet.fi

[2] R.I. Vane-Wright and R. de Jong (2003). "The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island fauna". Naturalis Biodiversity Center. 343: 3–267. Retrieved 28 September 2012.