Idea idea

Linnaeus's idea
In Edward Donovan's 1800 An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of India
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Idea
Species:	I. idea
Binomial name
Idea idea (Linnaeus, 1763) [1]
Synonyms
Papilio ideaLinnaeus, 1763 Idea ageliaGodart, 1819 Nectaria idea herthaFruhstorfer, 1903 Hestia idea novellaFruhstorfer, 1910 Idea azaBoisduval, 1832 Hestia (Nectaria) sulade 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. ^[2]

Subspecies

• I. i. idea (Ambon, Seram)
• I. i. aza(Boisduval, 1832) (Buru)
• I. i. sula(de Nicéville, 1900) (Sula Islands)

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

External links

• "Idea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms