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Idea Fabricius, 1807

Tree Nymphs Paper-butterflies
Idea Fabricius, 1807; Magazin f. Insektenk. (Illiger) 6: 283, TS: Papilio idea Linnaeus
Hestia Hübner, 1816; Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): 15, TS: Papilio lynceus Drury
Nectaria Billberg, 1820; Enum. Ins. Mus. Billb.: 76 (unnec. repl. Idea Fabricius, 1807), TS: Papilio idea Linnaeus
Sabalassa Moore, 1883; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883 (2): 217, TS: Hestia electra Semper
Idea, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Idaea ; Oberthür, 1880, Ann. Mus. Stor. nat. Genova 15: 485 (missp.)
Idea (Euploeina) ; [Wahlberg]

Idea hypermnestra (Westwood, 1848)

Malaysia. See [About maps] Hestia hypermnestra Westwood, 1848; Cabinet Orient. Ent.: 75, pl. 37, f. 1, TL: Borneo
arbela Fruhstorfer, 1910²
belina Fruhstorfer, 1897²
vollenhoveni Fruhstorfer, 1897²
Idea hypermnestra ; [BOW: pl. 156, f. 2]; [BOR, 196]; [MWB: 237, pl. 52, f. 294]

Larva on Parsonia helicandra [BMP] [MWB]

I. h. hypermnestra

Borneo Idea hypermnestra hypermnestra ; [BOR, 196]

I. h. belia Westwood, 1848²

Java Idea hypermnestra belia ; [BOR, 196]

I. h. hera Fruhstorfer, 1903²

Sumatra Idea hypermnestra hera ; [BOR, 196]

I. h. linteata (Butler, [1879])

Burma - Peninsular Malaya, Langkawi Hestia linteata Butler, [1879]; Trans. linn. Soc. Lond. (2) 1 (8): 536, TL: Malaysia
Idea hypermnestra linteata, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Idea hypermnestra linteata ; [BMP: 109, pl. 12, f. 2]; [BOR, 196]

Idea leuconoe Erichson, 1834

Philippines - Borneo, Formosa. See [About maps] Idea leuconoe Erichson, 1834; Nova Acta Leop. Carol. 16 (Suppl. 1): 283, TL: Luzon
enganoensis Fruhstorfer, 1906²
jacouleti Watari, 1941²
kanamarui Nomura, 1932²
karimondjawae van Eecke, 1933²
kodairai Sonan, 1936²
koshunus Nomura, 1932²
kotoshoensis Murayama & Shimonoya, 1966²
littoralis Talbot, 1941²
missilia Fruhstorfer, 1910²
nipponica Fruhstorfer, 1898²
riukiuensis Holland, 1893²
roepkei Nieuwenhuis, 1954²
takabanis Nomura, 1931²
Idea leuconoe ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 156, f. 4]; [BOR, 198]; [MWB: 237, pl. 52, f. 295, pl. IX, f. 92, pl. X, f. 108]; [MRS, 282]

870x597 (~30Kb) underside male Katsuren, Okinawa, Ryukyus, Japan, 8-93, Photo © S. Shuichi Haupt

700x533 (~112Kb) upperside

700x531 (~117Kb) underside

Larva on Parsonia, Tylophora hispida [BHR], Parsonsia helicandra, P. spiralis [MRS], Cynanchum formosanum [MWB]

I. l. leuconoe

Philippines (Luzon) Idea leuconoe leuconoe ; [BOR, 198]

I. l. clara (Butler, 1867)

Taiwan leuconoe clara (Butler, 1867) (Hestia); Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (ser. 3) 5: 469, TL: Formosa
Idea leuconoe clara ; [BOR, 198]; [MRS, 282]

Larva on Parsonsia laevigata [MRS]

I. l. solyma Fruhstorfer, 1910²

Philippines (Babuyanes) Idea leuconoe solyma ; [BOR, 198]

I. l. athesis Fruhstorfer, 1911²

Philippines (Polillo Is.) Idea leuconoe athesis ; [BOR, 198]

I. l. gordita Fruhstorfer, 1911²

Philippines (Mindore, Ticao) Idea leuconoe gordita ; [BOR, 198]

I. l. moira Fruhstorfer, 1910²

Philippines (Basilan) Idea leuconoe moira ; [BOR, 198]

I. l. obscura Staudinger, 1889²

Philippines (Mindanao) Idea leuconoe obscura ; [BOR, 198]

I. l. vicetia Fruhstorfer, 1911²

Philippines (Dumaran) Idea leuconoe vicetia ; [BOR, 198]

I. l. caesena Fruhstorfer, 1911²

Philippines (Bohol) Idea leuconoe caesena ; [BOR, 198]

I. l. fregela Fruhstorfer, 1911²

Philippines (Siargao) Idea leuconoe fregela ; [BOR, 198]

I. l. samara Fruhstorfer, 1910²

Philippines (Samar) Idea leuconoe samara ; [BOR, 198]

I. l. princesa Staudinger, 1889²

Philippines (Palawan, Sulu) Idea leuconoe princesa ; [BOR, 198]

I. l. esanga Fruhstorfer, 1898²

Talaud Is. Idea leuconoe esanga ; [BOR, 198]

I. l. godmani Oberthür, 1878²

Sangi Idea leuconoe godmani ; [BOR, 198]

I. l. nigriana Grose-Smith, 1895²

Borneo Idea leuconoe nigriana ; [BOR, 198]

I. l. natunensis Snellen, 1895²

Natuna Is. Idea leuconoe natunensis ; [BOR, 198]

I. l. javana Fruhstorfer, 1896²

Java Idea leuconoe javana ; [BOR, 198]

I. l. lasiaka van Eecke, 1913²

Simeulue Idea leuconoe lasiaka ; [BOR, 198]

I. l. vedana Fruhstorfer, 1906²

Batu Is. Idea leuconoe vedana ; [BOR, 198]

I. l. chersonesia (Fruhstorfer, 1898)

Peninsular Malaya, Singapore, Sumatra, Belitung Nectaria chersonesia Fruhstorfer, 1898; Berl. Ent. Zs. 42 (3/4): 320
Idea leuconoe chersonesia ; [BMP: 109, pl. 12, f. 1]; [BOR, 198]

I. l. siamensis (Godfrey, 1916)

Thailand Hestia leuconoe siamensis Godfrey, 1916; J. nat. Hist. Soc. Siam 2 (2): 117, TL: Siam
Idea leuconoe siamensis, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Idea leuconoe siamensis ; [BOR, 198]

I. l. kwashotoensis (Sonan, 1928)

Idea leuconoe kwashotoensis ; [MRS, 282]

Larva on Parsonsia laevigata [MRS]

I. l. engania (Doherty, 1891)

Sunda, Enggano Idea engania ; [BMP]
Idea leuconoe engania ; [BOR, 198]

Idea electra (Semper, 1878)

-. See [About maps] Hestia electra Semper, 1878; Verh. Ver. Nat. Unberh. (Heimatforsch.) Hamburg 3: 106, TL: E.Mindanao
Idea electra ; [BOR, 200]; [MWB: 238, pl. 53, f. 296, pl. VIII, f. 72]

I. e. electra

Philippines (E.Mindanao, Taganito, Tota) Idea electra electra ; [BOR, 200]

I. e. harmonia Fruhstorfer, 1910²

Philippines (SE.Mindanao) Idea electra harmonia ; [BOR, 200 (text only)]

Idea blanchardi Marchal, 1845

Sulawesi. See [About maps] Idea blanchardii Marchal, 1845; Revue Zool. 1845: 168, TL: N.Sulawesi
paluana Martin, 1914²
silayara Martin, 1914²
tondana Vollenhoven, 1860²
Idea blanchardi ; [EBW]; [BOR, 200]
Idea blanchardii ; [MWB: 238, pl. 53, f. 297]

I. b. blachardi

N.Sulawesi Idea blanchardi blachardi ; [BOR, 200]

I. b. marosiana Fruhstorfer, 1903²

S.Sulawesi, E.Sulawesi, C.Sulawesi ?garunda Fruhstorfer, 1910²
Idea blanchardi marosiana ; [BOR, 200]

I. b. kuhni Röber, 1887²

Banggai Is. Idea blanchardi kuhni ; [BOR, 200]
kuehni ; (spell.?)

I. b. djampena Fruhstorfer, 1899²

Tanahdjampea Idea blanchardi djampena ; [BOR, 200]

I. b. phlegeton Fruhstorfer, 1904²

Tukangbesi Idea blanchardi phlegeton ; [BOR, 200]

I. b. munaensis Fruhstorfer, 1899²

Butung I. Idea blanchardi munaensis ; [BOR, 200]

Idea durvillei Boisduval, 1832

New Guinea. See [About maps] Idea durvillei Boisduval, 1832; in d'Urville, Voy. Astrolabe (Faune ent. Pacif.), 1: 107, pl. 3, f. 4, TL: Irian Jaya [Waigeo]
aruna Fruhstorfer, 1904²
obiana Fruhstorfer, 1910²
sangira van Eecke, 1915²
strigata van Eecke, 1915²
vosseleri Fruhstorfer, 1903²
Idea d'urvillei ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 156, f. 1]
Idea durvillei ; [MWB: 239, pl. 54, f. 299, pl. 55, f. 300]

I. d. durvillei

Misool, Gebe, Waigeu Idea d'urvillei d'urvillei ; [BAUR, 169]

I. d. theia Fruhstorfer, 1903²

Halmahera, Ternate, Bachan, Obi Idea d'urvillei theia ; [BAUR, 169 (text)]

I. d. hemera Fruhstorfer, 1903²

Biak Idea d'urvillei hemera ; [BAUR, 169 (text)]

I. d. keyensis Fruhstorfer, 1899²

Kai I, Aru? Idea d'urvillei keyensis ; [BAUR, 169 (text)]

I. d. nike Fruhstorfer, 1903²

West Irian, Mioswar, Jobi Is. Idea d'urvillei nike ; [BAUR, 169 (text)]

I. d. metris Fruhstorfer, 1903²

Salawati Idea d'urvillei metris ; [BAUR, 169 (text)]

Idea tambisisiana Bedford-Russel, 1981

E.Sulawesi (Mt. Tambusisi). See [About maps] Idea tambisisiana Bedford-Russel, 1981; Systematic Ent., 6: 225, f. 1, TL: E central Sulawesi, Mt. Tambusisi
Idea tambusisiana ; [BOR, 200]; [MWB: 239, pl. 55, f. 301, pl. VII, f. 64]

Idea lynceus (Drury, [1773])

Ceylon, India, W.Ghats, Sunderbans, Burma, Malaysia. See [About maps] Tree Nymph
Papilio lynceus Drury, [1773]; Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 2: index, 12, pl. 7, f. 1, TL: [? Sumatra]
Hestia reinwardti Moore, 1883; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883 (2): 218
Idea lynceus lynceus, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Idea lynceus ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 156, f. 6]; [BOR, 198]; [MWB: 239, pl. 56, f. 302]

Larva on Aganosma corymbosa [MWB]

I. l. lynceus

Burma, Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Langkawi, Sumatra Idea lynceus lynceus ; [BOR, 198]; [BMP: 109, pl. 12, f. 4]

I. l. niasica Fruhstorfer, 1903²

Nias Idea lynceus niasica ; [BOR, 198]

I. l. fumata Fruhstorfer, 1897²

S.Borneo Idea lynceus fumata ; [BOR, 198]

Idea iasonia (Westwood, 1848)

Ceylon, S.India, Assam - Malaysia. See [About maps] Hestia iasonia Westwood, 1848; Cabinet Orient. Ent.: 87, pl. 42, f. 1, TL: Sri Lanka
Idea jasonia ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 156, f. 3]; [BOR, 196]
Idea iasonia ; [MWB: 240, 56, f. 303]

Larva on Agonosma [BOW]

Idea stolli (Moore, 1883)

-. See [About maps] Hestia stolli Moore, 1883; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883 (2): 218, TL: Java
alceste Fruhstorfer, 1910²
daldorffi Corbet, 1942²
diana Fruhstorfer, 1906²; , TL: Batu Is.
Hestia donovani Moore, 1883; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883 (2): 218
druryi Moore, 1883²
favorinus Fruhstorfer, 1910²
mevaria Fruhstorfer, 1910²
Idea stolli ; [MWB: 240, pl. 57, f. 304]

Larva on Agonosma cymosa, A. corymbosa [BMP]

I. s. stolli

Java Idea stolli stolli ; [BOR, 196]

I. s. logani (Moore, 1883)

Peninsular Malaya, Singapor, Sumatra, Batu Is Hestia logani Moore, 1883; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883 (2): 218,Malaysia
Idea stolli logani, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Idea stolli logani ; [BMP: 109, pl. 12, f. 3]; [BOR, 198]
Idea logani ; [EBW, (name only)]

I. s. thalassica Fruhstorfer, 1910²

Natuna Is. Idea stolli thalassica ; [BOR, 198]

I. s. alcine Fruhstorfer, 1910²

S.Borneo, Sarawak Idea stolli alcine ; [BOR, 198]

I. s. bintanga van Eecke, 1915²

Riau, Lingga Is. Idea stolli bintanga ; [BOR, 198]

I. s. virgo Fruhstorfer, 1903²

N.Borneo Idea stolli virgo ; [BOR, 198]

I. s. hypata Fruhstorfer, 1910²

Sulu Is. Idea stolli hypata ; [BOR, 198]

Idea malabarica (Moore, 1877)

-. See [About maps] Hestia malabarica Moore, 1877; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 20 (115): 46, TL: S.India, Malabar Coast
Idea malabarica ; [BOR, 196]; [MWB: 240, pl. 57, f. 305]

Larva on Aganosma cymosa [MWB]

I. m. malabarica

S.India (Mysore, Travancore, Nilgiri Hills, ...) Idea malabarica malabarica ; [BOR, 196]

I. m. kanarensis Moore, 1890²

S.India (Kanara) Idea malabarica kanarensis ; [BOR, 196]

Idea agamarschana (C. & R. Felder, [1865])

-. See [About maps] Hestia agamarschana C. & R. Felder, [1865]; Reise Fregatte Novara, Lep. Rhop. (2): 351, pl. 43, f. 7, TL: Andaman Islands [error? S.Myanmar, Tavoy]
margherita Fruhstorfer, 1903²; , TL: ?Margherita, Assam
Idea agamarschana ; [BOR, 196]; [MWB: 241, pl. 58, f. 306-308]

I. a. agamarschana

S.Burma - Assam Idea agamarschana agamarschana ; [BOR, 196]

I. a. hadeni (Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1880)

S.Burma - ?Bengal Hestina hadeni Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1880; , TL: Bassein
Idea agamarschana hadeni, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Idea hadeni ; [EBW]
Idea agamarschana hadeni ; [BOR, 196]

I. a. arrakana Fruhstorfer, 1910²

Upper Burma - Bangladesh Burma Tree Nymph
agamarschana arrakana Fruhstorfer, 1910²; , TL: "Arrakkan"
Idea agamarschana arrakana ; [BOR, 196]

I. a. cadelli Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1880²

Andamans Idea agamarschana cadelli ; [BOR, 196]

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References:

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automaticly generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

[BAUR]

D'Abrera, 1977; Butterflies of the Australian Region (2nd edn)

[BHR]

D'Abrera; Butterflies of the Holarctic Region, Part I-III

[BMP]

Eliot (Ed.), Corbet & Pendlebury, 1992; The Butterflies of The Malay Peninsula; 4th edition; ISBN 983-9681-05-2

[BOR]

D'Abrera, B., 1982, 1985, 1986; Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part I-III

[BOW]

Lewis, H. L., 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X

[EBW]

Smart, Paul, 1976; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World; ISBN 0 600 31381 6

[HBN]

Francis Hemming, 1937; HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2

[LAMAS-2005]

Gerardo Lamas; Entomofauna 26 (6): 57-100; A Bibliography of the Zoological Publications of Hans Fruhstorfer (1886* - 1922+)

[LAMAS-NEO]

Gerardo Lamas; Bibliography of butterflies; An Annocated Bibliography of the Neotropical Butterflies and Skipper (Lepididoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea); Revised Electronic Edition (2007)

[MRS]

Chou Io (Ed.); Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium, 1-2

[MWB]

Ackery & Vane-Wright, 1984; Milkweed butterflies, their cladistics and biology; British Museum (Natural History)

[S. Shuichi Haupt]

e-mail: S. Shuichi Haupt; http://www.tu-berlin.de/fb7/ioeb/biologie/stefan.htm

[Wahlberg]

Niklas Wahlberg; The NSG's voucher specimen database; Nymphalidae Systematics Group

[Yutaka Inayoshi]

A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China; Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM

[²]

This may require parentheses or not. I don't have the necessary information for this taxon.

Some related literature:

Bedford-Russel, 1981

A spectacular new Idea from Celebes Systematic Ent., 6: 225-228, 5figs

Boisduval, 1832

Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandément de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Faune entomologique de l'Océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insectes nouveaux recueillis pendant le voyage. Lépidoptères in d'Urville, Voy. Astrolabe (Faune ent. Pacif.), 1: 267pp, pl. 1-5

Butler, 1867

A monograph of the genus Hestia, containing descriptions of forms not hitherto noticed; with a tabular view of the species of Danaidae, and remarks upon their natural affinities Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (ser. 3) 5: 467-484

Butler, [1879]

The butterflies of Malacca Trans. linn. Soc. Lond. (2) 1 (8): 533-568, pl. 68, 69

Drury, [1773]

Illustrations of natural history; wherein are exhibited ... Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 2: 90pp, 50pls

Fabricius, 1807

Systema Glossatorum. Die neueste Gattungs-Eintheilung der Schmetterlinge aus den Linnéischen Gattungen Papilio und Sphinx Magazin f. Insektenk. (Illiger) 6: 277-295

C. & R. Felder, [1865]

Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte "Novara" - Zoolog. 2 (2). Lepidoptera 1. Rhopalocera Reise Fregatte Novara, Lep. Rhop. (2): Heft (2), 137-378, pl. 22-47

Fruhstorfer, 1898

Neue Rhopaloceren aus dem Indo-malayischen Archipel Berl. Ent. Zs. 42 (3/4): 311-343 (mid July)

Godfrey, 1916

The Butterflies of Siam J. nat. Hist. Soc. Siam 2 (2): 106-147

Hübner, 1816

Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826] Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816), (2): 17-32 (1819), (3): 33-48 (1819), (4): 49-64 (1819), (5): 65-80 (1819), (6): 81-96 (1819), (7): 97-112 (1819), (8): 113-128 (1819), (9): 129-144 (1819), (10): 145-160 (1819), (11): 161-176 (1819), (12): 177-192 (1820), (13): 193-208 (1820), (14): 209-224 (1821), (15): 225-240 (1821), (16): 241-256 (1821), (17): 257-272 (1823), (18): 273-288 (1823), (19): 289-304 (1823), (20): 305-320 (1825), (21): 321-336 (1825), (22): 337-352 (1825), (23-27): 353-431 ([1825])

Linnaeus, 1763

in Johansson (Thesis), Centuria Insectorum Amoenitates Acad., 6: -,(121) 384-415

Moore, 1877

Descriptions of Asiatic diurnal Lepidoptera Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 20 (115): 43-52

Moore, 1883

A Monograph of Limnaina and Euploeina, two Groups of diurnal Lepidoptera belonging to the Subfamily Euploeinae; with Descriptions of new Genera and Species. [1] Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883 (2): 201-252

Oberthür, 1880

Etude sur les collections de Lépidoptéres Océanicens apparteneant au Musée Civique de Génes Ann. Mus. Stor. nat. Genova 15: 461-530, 3pls

Westwood, 1848

The Cabinet of Oriental Entomology, being... Cabinet Orient. Ent.: [2] + 2 + 88pp, 42 pls (in parts)

Marchal, 1845

Notes rectificatives sur la nomenclature de quelques insectes Orthoptères et Lépidoptères exposés dans les galeries du Museum d'histoire naturelle de Paris Revue Zool. 1845: 163-172

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