The Wood Nymph, Gray Glassy Tiger, or Grey Glassy Tiger (Ideopsis juventa) is a species of nymphalid

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 Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia, South-East Asia, South East Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India, west of New Guinea and north of Australia. The region lies on the intersection of geological plates, with heavy seismic...

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This butterfly is dark gray or black with two rows of circular white dots along the margins of its wings and any elongated white patchs closer to the body. The elongated white patches appear to radiate from the thorax.

Subspecies

• I. j. juventa (Java, Bali)
• I. j. pseudosimilis van Eecke, 1915 (Sumatra, Bangka)
• I. j. scrobia van Eecke, 1915 (Belitung)
• I. j. sapana Talbot, 1943 (Kangean)
• I. j. longa Doherty, 1891 (Enggano)
• I. j. stictica Fruhstorfer, 1899 (Sumbawa)
• I. j. phana Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Lombok)
• I. j. kallatia Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Kalao)
• I. j. lycosura Fruhstorfer, 1910 (Bonerate)
• I. j. sitah (Fruhstorfer, 1904) (Natuna Islands, Islands on east coast of Malaya)
• I. j. kinitis Fruhstorfer, 1904 (northern Borneo)
• I. j. ishma Butler, 1869 (Sulawesi)
• I. j. garia Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Philippines: Basilan)
• I. j. manillana Moore, 1883 (Philippines: Luzon)
• I. j. luzonica Moore, 1883 (Philippines: Babuyanes)
• I. j. satellitica Fruhstorfer, 1899 (Selajar)
• I. j. sophonisbe Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Sula Mangoli)
• I. j. sequana Fruhstorfer, 1910 (Tukangbesi Islands)
• I. j. tontoliensis (Fruhstorfer, 1897) (north-eastern Sulawesi)
• I. j. lirungensis Fruhstorfer, 1899 (Talaud Islands)
• I. j. curtisi Moore, 1883 (Halmahera, Ternate, Bachan)
• I. j. ellida Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Obi)
• I. j. meganire (Godart, 1819) (Buru, Ambon, Serang)
• I. j. bosnika (Talbot, 1943) (Biak)
• I. j. sobrina (Boisduval, 1832) (West Irian)
• I. j. purpurata (Butler, 1866) (Salawati, Misool, Waigeu)
• I. j. tanais (Fruhstorfer, 1904) (Geelvink Bay)
• I. j. kolleri (Hulstaert, 1923) (West Irian)
• I. j. hollandia (Talbot, 1943) (West Irian: Humboldt Bay)
• I. j. metaxa Fruhstorfer, 1910 (Finschhafe, Huon Gulf, New Guinea)
• I. j. eugenia (Fruhstorfer, 1907) (north-western New Guinea, Vulcan, Dampier, Rooke Islands)
• I. j. georgina Fruhstorfer, 1904 (south-eastern Papua)
• I. j. sobrinoides Butler, 1882 (Admiralty Islands to New Britain to New Ireland to the Solomon Islands)
• I. j. zanira Fruhsorfer, 1904 (Maleita, Savo)