''Ideopsis'' is a genus of

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in the subfamily

Danainae Danainae is a subfamily of the family Nymphalidae, the brush-footed butterflies. The group may be referred to as the Danaids (reflecting their previous rank as a family) or milkweed butterflies, as they often lay their eggs on various milkweed ...

found in South-east Asia. Large, slender, black and light blue or white butterflies. The body appears strikingly small and thin compared to the large wings. The genus resembles the genus of wood nymphs ( ''

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'' spp.), but these butterflies are smaller than the wood nymphs.The clubbed antennae and particularly the genitalia distinguish it from ''

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'', as also its generally very striking sexual dimorphism

Species

Listed alphabetically: *'' Ideopsis gaura'' (Horsfield, 829 – smaller wood nymph *'' Ideopsis hewitsonii'' Kirsch, 1877 – Hewitson's small tree-nymph *'' Ideopsis klassika'' Martin, 1909 – Seram small tree-nymph *'' Ideopsis juventa'' (Cramer, 777 – wood nymph, gray or grey glassy tiger *'' Ideopsis oberthurii'' (Doherty, 1891) *''

Ideopsis similis ''Ideopsis similis'', the Ceylon blue glassy tiger, is a species of butterfly found in Asia, including Sri Lanka, India and Taiwan, that belongs to the subfamily Danainae (crows and tigers), in the family Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies). ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – Ceylon blue glassy tiger *'' Ideopsis vitrea'' (Blanchard, 1853) – Blanchard's ghostButterflies of the Lantana bushes
Wisdom of Wildlife *'' Ideopsis vulgaris'' (Butler, 1874) – blue glassy tiger

References

Danaini Nymphalidae genera Taxa named by Thomas Horsfield {{Danainae-stub