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Ideopsis Horsfield, 1857

Ideopsis Horsfield, 1857; in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy (1): 133, TS: Idea gaura Horsfield
Radena Moore, [1880]; Lepid. Ceylon 1 (1): 3, TS: Papilio similis Linnaeus
Gamana Moore, 1883; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883 (2): 220, TS: Idea daos Boisduval
Aianthis Fruhstorfer, 1910; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9 : 217 (20 June, 1910), TS: Danais anapis C. & R. Felder
Ideopsis, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Idaeopsis ; Oberthür, 1880, Ann. Mus. Stor. nat. Genova 15: 486 (missp.)
Pradena ; Fruhstorfer, 1900, Berl. ent. Zs. 45 (1/2): 2 (early August) (missp. Radena Moore, [1880])
Ideopsis ; [MWB, 186]
Ideopsis (Danaina) ; [Wahlberg]

Ideopsis juventa (Cramer, [1777])

Malaysia - Philippines. See [About maps] Papilio juventa Cramer, [1777]; Uitl. Kapellen 2 (9-16): 139, pl. 188, f. B, TL: Java
catella Fruhstorfer, 1912²
chevalieri Hulstaert, 1924²
claviger (Gmelin, 1790)
doreyana Joicey & Talbot, 1925²
hadrumeta Fruhstorfer, 1911²
homonyma Bryk, 1937²
kambera Doherty, 1891²
krakatauae Moulton, 1921²
messana Fruhstorfer, 1913²
nicobarica Wood-Mason, 1881²
piada Fruhstorfer, 1915²
remota van Eecke, 1915²
robinsoni Rothschild, 1920²
simillima van Eecke, 1915²
suluana Talbot, 1943²
tipasa Fruhstorfer, 1911²
uluana Talbot, 1943²
Ideopsis juventa, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Radena juventa ; Corbet & Pendlebury, 1978, Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula (3rd ed): 119, pl. 7, f. 7
Danaus juventa ; [BOW: pl. 153, f. 18]
Ideopsis juventa ; [BOR, 194]; [MWB: 186, pl. 7, f. 43-44, pl. 8, f. 45-46, pl. IX, f. 90, pl. X, f. 112, 125]

Larva on Gymnema sp., Pergularia odoratissima, Piper longum [MWB]

I. j. juventa

Java, Bali, Bawean mincia Fruhstorfer, 1910²
Ideopsis juventa juventa ; [BOR, 194]

I. j. pseudosimilis van Eecke, 1915²

Sumatra, Bangka Ideopsis juventa pseudosimilis ; [BOR, 194]

I. j. scrobia van Eecke, 1915²

Belitung Ideopsis juventa scrobia ; [BOR, 194]

I. j. sapana Talbot, 1943²

Kangean Ideopsis juventa sapana ; [BOR, 194]

I. j. longa Doherty, 1891²

Enggano Ideopsis juventa longa ; [BOR, 194]

I. j. stictica Fruhstorfer, 1899²

Sumbawa Ideopsis juventa stictica ; [BOR, 194]

I. j. phana Fruhstorfer, 1904²

Lombok Ideopsis juventa phana ; [BOR, 194]

I. j. kallatia Fruhstorfer, 1904²

Kalao Ideopsis juventa kallatia ; [BOR, 194]

I. j. lycosura Fruhstorfer, 1910²

Bonerate Ideopsis juventa lycosura ; [BOR, 194]

I. j. sitah (Fruhstorfer, 1904)

Natuna Is., Islands on E.coast of Malaya Radena sitah Fruhstorfer, 1904; Ent. Meddel. 2 (5/6): 291
Ideopsis juventa sitah ; [BOR, 194]
Ideopsis (Radena) juventa sitah ; [BMP: 108, pl. 11, f. 17]

Larva on Piper longum, Pergularia odoratissima, Gymnema [BMP]

I. j. kinitis Fruhstorfer, 1904²

N.Borneo Ideopsis juventa kinitis ; [BOR, 194]

I. j. ishma Butler, 1869²

Sulawesi libussa Fruhstorfer, 1904²
?ultramontana Martin, 1914²
?tawaya Fruhstorfer, 1904²
Ideopsis juventa ishma ; [BOR, 194]

I. j. garia Fruhstorfer, 1904²

Philippines (Basilan) Ideopsis juventa garia ; [BOR, 194]

I. j. manillana Moore, 1883²

Philippines (Luzon) galaecia Fruhstorfer, 1910²
Ideopsis juventa manillana ; [BOR, 194]

I. j. luzonica Moore, 1883²

Philippines (Babuyanes) Ideopsis juventa luzonica ; [BOR, 194]

I. j. satellitica Fruhstorfer, 1899²

Selajar Ideopsis juventa satellitica ; [BOR, 194]

I. j. sophonisbe Fruhstorfer, 1904²

Sula Mangoli Ideopsis juventa sophonisbe ; [BOR, 194]

I. j. sequana Fruhstorfer, 1910²

Tukangbesi Is. Ideopsis juventa sequana ; [BOR, 194]

I. j. tontoliensis Fruhstorfer, 1897²

NE.Sulawesi Ideopsis juventa tontoliensis ; [BOR, 195]

I. j. lirungensis Fruhstorfer, 1899²

Talaud Is. Ideopsis juventa lirungensis ; [BOR, 195]

I. j. curtisi Moore, 1883²

Halmahera, Ternate, Bachan Danaus juventa curtisi ; [BAUR, 172]

I. j. ellida Fruhstorfer, 1904²

Obi Danaus juventa ellida ; [BAUR, 172 (text)]

I. j. meganire (Godart, 1809)

Buru, Ambon, Serang buruensis Holland, 1900²
ogylla Fruhstorfer, 1910²
Danaus juventa meganire ; [BAUR, 172 (text)]

I. j. bosnika Talbot, 1943²

Biak Danaus juventa bosnika ; [BAUR, 172 (text)]

I. j. sobrina (Boisduval, 1832)

West Irian turneri Butler, 1878²
Danaus juventa sobrina ; [BAUR, 172 (text)]

I. j. purpurata Butler, 1866²

Salawati, Misool, Waigeu? Danaus juventa purpurata ; [BAUR, 173 (text)]

I. j. tanais Fruhstorfer, 1904²

Geelvink Bay Danaus juventa tanais ; [BAUR, 173 (text)]

I. j. kolleri Hulstaert, 1923²

West Irian Danaus juventa kolleri ; [BAUR, 173 (text)]

I. j. hollandia Talbot, 1943²

West Irian (Humboldt Bay) Danaus juventa hollandia ; [BAUR, 173 (text)]

I. j. metaxa Fruhstorfer, 1910²

Finschhafe, Huon Gulf, New Guinea Danaus juventa metaxa ; [BAUR, 173 (text)]

I. j. eugenia Fruhstorfer, 1907²

NW.New Guinea, Vulcan, Dampier, Rooke Is. Danaus juventa eugenia ; [BAUR, 173 (text)]

I. j. georgina Fruhstorfer, 1904²

SE.Papua Danaus juventa georgina ; [BAUR, 173 (text)]

I. j. sobrinoides Butler, 1882²

Admiralty Is. - New Britain - New Ireland - Solomon Is. mangalia Fruhstorfer, 1904²
ribbei Fruhstorfer, 1907²
Danaus juventa sobrinoides ; [BAUR, 173 (text)]

I. j. zanira Fruhsorfer, 1904²

Maleita, Savo Danaus juventa zanira ; [BAUR, 173 (text)]

Ideopsis similis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Ceylon, Burma, Malaysia, Hong Kong, S.China, Formosa, S.Ryukyu I.. See [About maps] Ceylon Blue Glassy Tiger
Papilio similis Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: 479, TL: China, Canton
Papilio aventina Cramer, [1775]
chinensis Felder, 1862²
exprompta Butler, 1874²
joannisi Dufrane, 1948²
juncta Dufrane, 1948²
tragasa Fruhstorfer, 1910²
Danaus similis ; [BOW: pl. 154, f. 2]
Ideopsis similis ; [BOR, 195]; [MRS, 281]; [MWB: 187, pl. 8, f. 47]

870x597 (~34Kb) underside Madanbashi, Okinawa, Ryukyus, Japan, 8-90, Photo © S. Shuichi Haupt

Larva on Parsonsia sp., Tylophora hispida, T. ovata, T. tanakae [MWB], Gymnema [BMP]

I. s. similis

Larva on Tylophora ovata, T. hispida, T. tanakae, Cynanchum atratum, Marsdenia tinctoria, Parsonsia spp. [MRS]

I. s. persimilis (Moore, 1879)

Danais persimilis Moore, 1879; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1879 (1): 136, TL: Thailand
?Danaida similis similis ab. aventina Fruhstorfer, 1910; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9 : 211 (20 May, 1910), pl. 78e
Dainaida similis persimilis f. hyria Fruhstorfer, 1910; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9 : 211 (20 May, 1910), TL: Tonkin; Annam
Danaus aventina purpurascens Tytler, 1939; , TL: NE.Burma
Ideopsis similis persimilis, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Ideopsis similis persimilis ; [BOR, 195, f.]
Ideopsis (Radena) similis persimilis ; [BMP: 108, pl. 11, f. 18]

Ideopsis vulgaris (Butler, 1874)

S.Burma - Sundaland, Sumatra, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands - Alor, Borneo - Palawan. See [About maps] Danais vulgaris Butler, 1874; Ent. mon. Mag. 11 (7): 164, TL: [Java]
ditiones Fruhstorfer, 1911²
interposita Fruhstorfer, 1910²
lesora Fruhstorfer, 1910²
macra Doherty, 1891²
majasa van Eecke, 1915²
mecrimaga van Eecke, 1914²
megaroides Fruhstorfer, 1904²
ocarinis Corbet, 1942²
palawana Staudinger, 1889²
restricta Talbot, 1939²
sumbawana Fruhstorfer, 1899²
vanhasselti van Eecke, 1915²
vulgaroides Fruhstorfer, 1904²
Danaus vulgaris ; [EBW]
Radena vulgaris ; Corbet & Pendlebury, 1978, Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula (3rd ed): 118, pl. 7, f. 6
Ideopsis vulgaris ; [BOR, 195]; [MWB: 187, pl. 8, f. 48-49, pl. X, f. 110]; [MRS, 281]

1107x887 (~113Kb) male Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, a tree stand along a chain of muddy pools behind the chain of hotels along the Jomtien Beach. 25th January 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

1224x918 (~131Kb) male Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, a tree stand along a chain of muddy pools behind the chain of hotels along the Jomtien Beach. 25th January 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

1169x1123 (~146Kb) underside Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, Jomtien beach, a wasting land behind Jomtien Holiday Hotel, 2nd January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

Larva on Gymnema sp. [MWB]

I. v. contigua Talbot, 1939

Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Hainan Ideopsis vulgaris contigua Talbot, 1939; , TL: Chiem-Hoa, Vietnam
Ideopsis vulgaris contigua, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Ideopsis vulgaris contigua ; [MRS, 281]

I. v. macrina (Fruhstorfer, 1904)

Blue Glassy Tiger
Radena similis macrina Fruhstorfer, 1904; Berl. ent. Zs. 49 (1/2): 183, TL: NE.Sumatra
Ideopsis vulgaris macrina, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Ideopsis vulgaris macrina ; [BOR, 195, f.]; [BMP: 107, pl. 11, f. 19]

Ideopsis gaura (Horsfield, [1829])

Malaya - Hong Kong. See [About maps] Idea? gaura Horsfield, [1829]; Descr. Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy (2): explic. pl. 6, f. 1, TL: Java
diardi Vollenhoven, 1860²
infumata Martin, 1909²
itamputi Talbot, 1940²
kajagensis Okubo, 1983²
Ideopsis gaura ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 156, f. 5]; [BOR, 192]; [MWB: 188, pl. 8, f. 50, pl. 9, f. 51-52, pl. IX, f. 91]

Larva on Melodinus [BOW], Melodinus laevigatus [BMP]

I. g. gaura

Java Ideopsis gaura gaura ; [BOR, 192]

I. g. perakana Fruhstorfer, 1899

Peninsular Malaya, Langkawi, Singapor, Pulau Tioman Smaller Wood Nymph
Ideopsis gaura perakana Fruhstorfer, 1899; Stettin. ent. Ztg 59 (7/9): 259, TL: Malaysia
Ideopsis gaura perakana, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Ideopsis gaura perakana ; [BOR, 192]
Ideopsis (Ideopsis) gaura perakana ; [BMP: 108, pl. 11, f. 20]

Mimiced by Elymnias kuenstleri (f) and Cyclosia pieridoides virgo Jordan. [BMP]

I. g. kajangensis Okubo, 1983

Ideopsis gaura kajangensis Okubo, 1983; Tyô to Ga 33: 171, f. 13-14, TL: Tioman

I. g. daos (Boisduval, [1836])

Borneo Idea daos Boisduval, [1836]; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 1: pl. 24 [= pl. C], f. 3
ardana Fruhstorfer, 1910²
Ideopsis gaura daos ; [BOR, 192]
Ideopsis daos ; [EBW, (name only)]

I. g. palawana Fruhstorfer, 1910²

Palawan Ideopsis gaura palawana ; [BOR, 192]

I. g. lingana Fruhstorfer, 1910²

Lingga Is. Ideopsis gaura lingana ; [BOR, 192]

I. g. eudora (Gray, 1846)

Sumatra sonia Fruhstorfer, 1898²
Ideopsis gaura eudora ; [BOR, 192]

I. g. natunensis Fruhstorfer, 1910²

Natuna Is. Ideopsis gaura natunensis ; [BOR, 192]

I. g. costalis Moore, 1883²

Nias, Batu Is. batuna Fruhstorfer, 1910²
Ideopsis gaura costalis ; [BOR, 192]

I. g. pseudocostalis van Eecke, 1914²

Simalur I. Ideopsis gaura pseudocostalis ; [BOR, 192]

I. g. nigrocostalis Hagen, 1902²

Mentawai group Ideopsis gaura nigrocostalis ; [BOR, 192]

I. g. anapina Semper, 1892²

Philippines (Mindoro, Leyte) Ideopsis gaura anapina ; [BOR, 192]

I. g. anapis (C. & R. Felder, 1861)

Philippines (Luzon, Manila) Danais anapis C. & R. Felder, 1861; Wien. ent. Monats. 5: 300
Ideopsis gaura anapis ; [BOR, 193]
Ideopsis anapis ; [EBW, (name only)]

I. g. bracara Fruhstofer, 1910²

Philippines (NE.Luzon) Ideopsis gaura bracara ; [BOR, 193]

I. g. glaphyra Moore, 1883²

Philippines (Mindanao) ?pellucida Talbot, 1940²
Ideopsis gaura glaphyra ; [BOR, 193]

I. g. messala Fruhstorfer, 1910²

Philippines (E.Mindanao) Ideopsis gaura messala ; [BOR, 193]

I. g. canlaonii Jumalon, 1971²

Philippines (Negros) Ideopsis gaura canlaonii ; [BOR, 193]

Ideopsis vitrea (Blanchard, 1853)

Celebes, Moluccas, New Guinea. See [About maps] Danais vitrea Blanchard, 1853; Voy. Pol. Sud., 4: 385, Lepid. pl. 2, f. 2, TL: [N.Sulawesi]
arfakensis Fruhstorfer, 1898²
morotaica Fruhstorfer, 1918²
neleus Fruhstorfer, 1904²
phaestis C. & R. Felder, 1865²
salvini Butler, 1866²
Ideopsis vitrea, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Ideopsis vitrea ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 156, f. 8]; [BOR, 193]; [MWB: 188, pl. 9, f. 53-54, pl. VII, f. 63, pl. X, f. 127]

I. v. vitrea

West Irian (Arfak Mts.) Ideopsis vitrea vitrea ; [BAUR, 167]

I. v. chloris C. & R. Felder, 1860²

Morotai, Halmahera, Ternate, Bachan, Buru Ideopsis vitrea chloris ; [BAUR, 167]

I. v. obiana Fruhstorfer, 1910²

Obi Ideopsis vitrea obiana ; [BAUR, 167 (text)]

I. v. inuncta Butler, 1866²

Gebe I., Waigeu Ideopsis vitrea inuncta ; [BAUR, 167]
?Ideopsis inuncta ; [EBW, (name)]

I. v. onina Talbot, 1940²

West Irian (Onin Peninsula) Ideopsis vitrea onina ; [BAUR, 167 (text)]

I. v. serena Joicey & Talbot, 1916²

West Irian (Wandammen Mts.) Ideopsis vitrea serena ; [BAUR, 167 (text)]

I. v. oenopia C. & R. Felder, 1859²

Sulawesi Ideopsis vitrea oenopia ; [BOR, 193]

I. v. arachosia Fruhstorfer, 1910²

S.Sulawesi Ideopsis vitrea arachosia ; [BOR, 193]

I. v. iza Fruhstorfer, 1898²

Sula Is. Ideopsis vitrea iza ; [BOR, 193]

I. v. ribbei Röber, 1887²

Banggai Is. Ideopsis vitrea ribbei ; [BOR, 193]
?Ideopsis ribbei ; [EBW, (name)]

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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)

[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

[LAMAS-2005]

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

[MRS]

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

[MWB]

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

[Oleg Kosterin]

Institue of Cytology & Genetics; Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk; e-mail: Oleg Kosterin; http://pisum.bionet.nsc.ru/kosterin/

[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:

Blanchard, 1853

Voyage au Pole sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zelée executé ......pendant......1837-40 sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville etc. Zool., Insectes. Vol. 4: 1-422, 25 pl Voy. Pol. Sud., 4: 1-422, 25pls

Boisduval, [1836]

Histoire Naturelle des insectes: Spécies général des lépidoptères Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 1: 690pp, 24pls

Butler, 1874

Description of six new Species of diurnal Lepidoptera in the Collection of the British Museum Ent. mon. Mag. 11 (7): 163-164

Cramer, [1777]

Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) Uitl. Kapellen 2 (9-16): 1-152, pl. 97-192 (1777)

Doherty, 1891

The Butterflies of Sumba and Sambawa, with some Account of the Island of Sumba J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, (2) 60 (2): 141-197, pl. 2

Fruhstorfer, 1899

Uebersicht der bekannten Ideopsis und Beschreibung neuer Localracen Stettin. ent. Ztg 59 (7/9): 257-263 (April)

Fruhstorfer, 1900

Rhopalocera Bazilana. Verzeichniss der von W. DOHERTY auf der Insel Bazilan gesammelten Tagfalter Berl. ent. Zs. 45 (1/2): 1-38 (early August), 44 (3/4): pl. 2, f. 1-6 (1899)

Fruhstorfer, 1904

Neue Rhopaloceren aus dem Malayischen Archipel Ent. Meddel. 2 (5/6): 291-332, 5 figs. (June)

Fruhstorfer, 1904

Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Rhopaloceren-Fauna der Insel Engano Berl. ent. Zs. 49 (1/2): 170-206, pls. 1-2 (mid August)

Fruhstorfer, 1910

3. Familie: Danaidae in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9 : 191-216 (20 May, 1910), 217-224 (20 June, 1910), 225-240 (15 August, 1910), 241-248 (29 November, 1910), 249-264 (12 November, 1910), 265-272 (17 December, 1910), 273-280 (13 February, 1911), 281-284 (14 February, 1911)

Horsfield, 1857

A catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of the Honourable East-India Company. 1 in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy (1): v, [11] + 1-278 + IV + 11pp, 18pls, 7pp expl.

Kirsch, 1877

Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Lepidopteren Fauna von Neu Guinea Mitt. zool. Mus. Dresden 1: 103-134, 3pls

Linnaeus, 1758

Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Clases, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Symonymis, Locis. Tomis I. 10th Edition Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: -

Moore, 1879

Descriptions of new Asiatic diurnal Lepidoptera Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1879 (1): 136-144

Moore, [1880]

The Lepidoptera of Ceylon Lepid. Ceylon 1 (1): 1-40, pl. 1-18, (2): 41-80, pl. 19-36, (3): 81-136, pl. 37-54, (4): 137-190, pl. 55-71

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

Okubo, 1983

Butterflies of Tioman Island, West Malaysia, with the description of new subspecies Tyô to Ga 33: 168-184, 47 figs

Talbot, 1943

Revisional notes on the genus Danaus Kluk (Lep. Rhop. Danaidae) Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 93 (1): 115-148

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