Idea (genus)
For the image formed in the mind, see idea.
| Tree Nymphs and Paper butterflies | |
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| Idea leuconoe, Paper Kite | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Danainae |
| Tribe: | Danaini |
| Subtribe: | Euploeina |
| Genus: | Idea Fabricius, 1807 |
| Species | |
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Idea is a genus of butterflies known as Tree Nymphs or Paper butterflies. The member species are concentrated around southeast Asia. See Sevenia for the genus of African tree nymphs.
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
External links
- Idea at the Natural History Museum Butterflies and Moths of the World project
- Flickr Images tagged Idea Nymphalidae.
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