Idea (butterfly)

For the image formed in the mind, see Idea.

Tree nymphs
Idea leuconoe, paper kite
Idea malabarica, Malabar tree-nymph
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subtribe:	Euploeina
Genus:	Idea Fabricius, 1807
Species
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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

External links

• Idea at the Natural History Museum Butterflies and Moths of the World project
• Flickr Images tagged Idea Nymphalidae