Ideopsis gaura explained

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.^[1]

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically:^[2]

• 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Down Memory Lane - Smaller Wood Nymph . Butterflies of Singapore . 4 July 2013 . 31 August 2019.
2. http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/danainae/ideopsis/ "Ideopsis Horsfield, 1857"