Idea (genus)

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Kingdom Animalia Subfamily Danainae Subtribe Euploeina Phylum Arthropoda Rank Genus		Family Nymphalidae Tribe Danaini Scientific name Idea Higher classification Nymphalidae Order Butterflies and moths

Lower classifications Idea leuconoe, Idea malabarica, Ceylon tree nymph, Idea stolli, Bedford‑Russell's tree‑nymph

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.

Species

Listed alphabetically:

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 (genus) Wikipedia

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