Idea idea

Linnaeus's idea
In Edward Donovan's 1800 An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of India
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Idea
Species:
I. idea
Binomial name
Idea idea
(Linnaeus, 1763)
Synonyms
  • Papilio idea Linnaeus, 1763
  • Idea agelia Godart, 1819
  • Nectaria idea hertha Fruhstorfer, 1903
  • Hestia idea novella Fruhstorfer, 1910
  • Idea aza Boisduval, 1832
  • Hestia (Nectaria) sula de Nicéville, 1900

Idea idea, also known as Linnaeus's idea or rice paper, is a large butterfly that belongs to the danaid group of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1763 Centuria Insectorum. It is found in the Australasian realm.

Subspecies

References

  1. ↑ Linnaeus, 1763 in Carl Linnaeus & Boas Johansson (thesis), Centuria Insectorum. Amoenitates Academicæ. 6: 384-415
  2. ↑ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9