Ideopsis
Genus of brush-footed butterflies / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ideopsis is a genus of nymphalid butterflies in the subfamily Danainae found in South-east Asia.
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Ideopsis | |
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Ideopsis vitrea vitrea | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Subtribe: | Danaina |
Genus: | Ideopsis Horsfield, 1857 |
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Large, slender, black and light blue or white butterflies. The body appears strikingly small and thin compared to the large wings. The genus resembles the genus of wood nymphs ( Idea spp.), but these butterflies are smaller than the wood nymphs.The clubbed antennae and particularly the genitalia distinguish it from Hestia, as also its generally very striking sexual dimorphism[1]