Ideopsis gaura
Encyclopedia
The Smaller Wood Nymph (Ideopsis gaura) is a species of nymphalid
butterfly
in the Danainae subfamily. It is found in South-east Asia.
Larva feed on Melodinus
especially Melodinus laevigatus.
Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae is a family of about 5,000 species of butterflies which are distributed throughout most of the world. These are usually medium sized to large butterflies. Most species have a reduced pair of forelegs and many hold their colourful wings flat when resting. They are also called...
butterfly
Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
in the Danainae subfamily. It is found in South-east Asia.
Larva feed on Melodinus
Melodinus
Melodinus is a genus of plant in family Apocynaceae.Species include:* Melodinus axillaris, W.T.Wang* Melodinus yunnanensis, Tsiang & P.T.Li...
especially Melodinus laevigatus.
Subspecies
Listed alphabetically.- 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. natunensis 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