Ideopsis gaura

Updated on Nov 25, 2023

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Rank Species		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Ideopsis

Similar Ideopsis, Agatasa, Ideopsis vitrea, Ideopsis vulgaris, Idea lynceus

Ideopsis gaura, the smaller wood nymph, is a species of nymphalid butterfly in the Danainae subfamily. It is found in Southeast Asia.

Larva feed on Melodinus especially M. laevigatus.

Adults are mimicked by Graphium delessertii.

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically:

I. g. anapina Semper, 1892

I. g. anapis (C. & R. Felder, 1861)

I. g. bracara Fruhstofer, 1910

I. g. canlaonii Jumalon, 1971

I. g. costalis (Moore, 1883)

I. g. daos (Boisduval, [1836])

I. g. eudora (Gray, 1846)

I. g. gaura (Horsfield, [1829])

I. g. glaphyra Moore, 1883

I. g. kajangensis Okubo, 1983

I. g. lingana Fruhstorfer, 1910

I. g. natunensi]]s Fruhstorfer, 1910

I. g. nigrocostalis Hagen, 1902

I. g. messala Fruhstorfer, 1910

I. g. palawana Fruhstorfer, 1910

I. g. perakana Fruhstorfer, 1899

I. g. pseudocostalis van Eecke, 1914

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