''Ideopsis'' is a genus of
nymphalid
The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a red ...
butterflies
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises ...
in the subfamily
Danainae found in South-east Asia.
Species
Listed alphabetically:
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Ideopsis gaura''
(Horsfield, 829 – smaller wood nymph
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Ideopsis hewitsonii''
Kirsch, 1877 – Hewitson's small tree-nymph
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Ideopsis klassika''
Martin, 1909 – Seram small tree-nymph
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Ideopsis juventa''
(Cramer, 777 – wood nymph, gray or grey glassy tiger
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Ideopsis oberthurii''
(Doherty, 1891)
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Ideopsis similis''
(Linnaeus, 1758) – Ceylon blue glassy tiger
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Ideopsis vitrea''
(Blanchard, 1853) – Blanchard's wood nymph
Butterflies of the Lantana bushes
Wisdom of Wildlife
*'' Ideopsis vulgaris'' (Butler, 1874) – blue glassy tiger
References
Danaini
Nymphalidae genera
Taxa named by Thomas Horsfield
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