Ideopsis

Ideopsis
Ideopsis vitrea vitrea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subtribe: Danaina
Genus: Ideopsis
Horsfield, 1857
Species

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Synonyms
  • Radena Moore, [1880]
  • Gamana Moore, 1883
  • Aianthis Fruhstorfer, 1910

Ideopsis is a genus of nymphalid butterflies in the subfamily Danainae found in South-east Asia.

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]

References

  1. ^ Seitz, A. 1912–1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. The Macrolepidoptera of the World 9: 1–766;pdf 767–1201,pdf pls 1–175.pdfPublic Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ "Ideopsis Horsfield, 1857" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. ^ Butterflies of the Lantana bushes, Wisdom of Wildlife


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