Ideopsis gaura
Appearance
Smaller wood nymph | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Ideopsis gaura perakana | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Ideopsis |
Species: | I. gaura
|
Binomial name | |
Ideopsis gaura (Horsfield, [1829])
| |
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.
Larva feed on Melodinus especially M. laevigatus.
Adults are mimicked by Graphium delessertii.
Subspecies
Listed alphabetically:[1]
- 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
References
- ^ "Ideopsis Horsfield, 1857" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms