Ideopsis gaura

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

Smaller wood nymph
Ideopsis gaura perakana
Scientific classification
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

Larva feed on Melodinus especially M. laevigatus.

Adults are mimicked by Graphium delessertii and Cyclosia pieridoides.[1]

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically:[2]

  • 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

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


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