Ideopsis vitrea
Encyclopedia
Blanchard’s Wood Nymph (Ideopsis vitrea) is a butterfly
of the Nymphalidae
family. It is found on Sulawesi
, the Moluccas and New Guinea
.
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...
of the Nymphalidae
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...
family. It is found on Sulawesi
Sulawesi
Sulawesi is one of the four larger Sunda Islands of Indonesia and is situated between Borneo and the Maluku Islands. In Indonesia, only Sumatra, Borneo, and Papua are larger in territory, and only Java and Sumatra have larger Indonesian populations.- Etymology :The Portuguese were the first to...
, the Moluccas and New Guinea
New Guinea
New Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago...
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Subspecies
- Ideopsis vitrea vitrea (West Irian: Arfak Mountains)
- Ideopsis vitrea chloris (C. & R. Felder, 1860) (Morotai, Halmahera, Ternate, Bachan, Buru)
- Ideopsis vitrea obiana Fruhstorfer, 1910 (Obi)
- Ideopsis vitrea inuncta (Butler, 1865) (Gebe Island, Waigeu)
- Ideopsis vitrea onina Talbot, 1940 (West Irian: Onin Peninsula)
- Ideopsis vitrea serena Joicey & Talbot, 1916 (West Irian: Wandammen Mountains)
- Ideopsis vitrea oenopia (C. & R. Felder, 1859) (Sulawesi)
- Ideopsis vitrea arachosia Fruhstorfer, 1910 (southern Sulawesi)
- Ideopsis vitrea iza Fruhstorfer, 1899 (Sula Islands)
- Ideopsis vitrea ribbei Röber, 1887 (Banggai Islands)