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Idea hypermnestra
Idea hypermnestra linteata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Idea
Species:	I. hypermnestra
Binomial name
Idea hypermnestra (Westwood, 1848)
Synonyms
Hestia hypermnestra Westwood, 1848 Hestia belia belina Fruhstorfer, 1898 Hestia belia vollenhoveni Fruhstorfer, 1898 arbela Fruhstorfer, 1910 Hestia belia Westwood, 1848 Hestia linteata Butler, 1879 Hestia hypermnestra hera Fruhstorfer, 1903

Idea hypermnestra is a large butterfly that belongs to the danaid group of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by John Obadiah Westwood in 1848. It is found in the Indomalayan realm. It is found in Thailand and Malaysia.

Subspecies

• I. h. hypermnestra (Borneo)
• I. h. belia (Westwood, 1848) (Java)
• I. h. linteata (Butler, 1879) (Burma to Peninsular Malaysia, Langkawi)
• I. h. hera (Fruhstorfer, 1903) (Sumatra)

References

1. Westwood, 1848 The Cabinet of Oriental Entomology 1-88, pl. 1-42
2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9

External links

• "Idea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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