Ideopsis

Ideopsis
Ideopsis vitrea vitrea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subtribe:	Danaina
Genus:	Ideopsis Horsfield, 1857
Species
See text
Synonyms
Radena Moore, [1880] Gamana Moore, 1883 Aianthis Fruhstorfer, 1910

Ideopsis is a genus of nymphalid butterflies in the subfamily Danainae 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 ( Idea spp.), but these butterflies are smaller than the wood nymphs.The clubbed antennae and particularly the genitalia distinguish it from Hestia, as also its generally very striking sexual dimorphism[1]

Species

Listed alphabetically:[2]

• Ideopsis gaura (Horsfield, [1829]) – smaller wood nymph
• Ideopsis hewitsonii Kirsch, 1877 – Hewitson's small tree-nymph
• Ideopsis klassika Martin, 1909 – Seram small tree-nymph
• Ideopsis juventa (Cramer, [1777]) – wood nymph, gray or grey glassy tiger
• Ideopsis oberthurii (Doherty, 1891)
• Ideopsis similis (Linnaeus, 1758) – Ceylon blue glassy tiger
• Ideopsis vitrea (Blanchard, 1853) – Blanchard's wood nymph[3]
• Ideopsis vulgaris (Butler, 1874) – blue glassy tiger

References

1. Seitz, A. 1912–1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. The Macrolepidoptera of the World 9: 1–766;pdf 767–1201,pdf pls 1–175.pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
2. "Ideopsis Horsfield, 1857" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
3. Butterflies of the Lantana bushes, Wisdom of Wildlife