Ideopsis gaura

Smaller wood nymph
Ideopsis gaura perakana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
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

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

Larvae feed on Melodinus especially M. laevigatus.

Adults are mimicked by Graphium delessertii and Cyclosia pieridoides.

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically:

• 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

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