Ideopsis
Ideopsis is a genus of nymphalid butterflies in the subfamily Danainae found in South-east Asia.
| Ideopsis | |
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| Ideopsis vitrea vitrea | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subtribe: | Danaina |
| Genus: | Ideopsis Horsfield, 1857 |
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Large, slender, black and light blue or white butterflies. The body appears strikingly small and thin compared to the large wings. The genus resembles the genus of wood nymphs ( Idea spp.), but these butterflies are smaller than the wood nymphs.The clubbed antennae and particularly the genitalia distinguish it from Hestia, as also its generally very striking sexual dimorphism[1]
Species
Listed alphabetically:[2]
- Ideopsis gaura (Horsfield, [1829]) – smaller wood nymph
- Ideopsis hewitsonii Kirsch, 1877 – Hewitson's small tree-nymph
- Ideopsis klassika Martin, 1909 – Seram small tree-nymph
- Ideopsis juventa (Cramer, [1777]) – wood nymph, gray or grey glassy tiger
- Ideopsis oberthurii (Doherty, 1891)
- Ideopsis similis (Linnaeus, 1758) – Ceylon blue glassy tiger
- Ideopsis vitrea (Blanchard, 1853) – Blanchard's wood nymph[3]
- Ideopsis vulgaris (Butler, 1874) – blue glassy tiger
References
- Seitz, A. 1912–1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. The Macrolepidoptera of the World 9: 1–766;pdf 767–1201,pdf pls 1–175.pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- "Ideopsis Horsfield, 1857" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Butterflies of the Lantana bushes, Wisdom of Wildlife
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