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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Idea |
Species: | I. durvillei |
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Idea durvillei | |
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Idea durvillei is a large butterfly that belongs to the danaid group of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1832. It is found in the Australasian realm. [2] The name honours Jules Dumont d'Urville.[ citation needed ]
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Jean Baptiste Alphonse Déchauffour de Boisduval was a French lepidopterist, botanist, and physician.
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