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Ideopsis gaura

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Species of butterfly

Smaller wood nymph
Ideopsis gaura perakana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Ideopsis
Species: I. gaura
Binomial name
Ideopsis gaura
(Horsfield, )
Subspecies

Many, see text

Synonyms

Idea diardi Vollenhoven, 1860

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

Larvae feed on Melodinus especially M. laevigatus.

Adults are mimicked by Graphium delessertii and Cyclosia pieridoides.

Ideopsis gaura, Malaysia

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, )
  • I. g. eudora (Gray, 1846)
  • I. g. gaura (Horsfield, )
  • 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

References

  1. "Down Memory Lane - Smaller Wood Nymph". Butterflies of Singapore. 4 July 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  2. "Ideopsis Horsfield, 1857" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Taxon identifiers
Ideopsis gaura


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