Idea idea

Idea idea, or Linnaeus' idea, is a large butterfly that belongs to the danaid group of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1763 Centuria Insectorum. It is found in the Australasian realm.[2]

Linnaeus' idea
In Edward Donovan's 1800 An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of India
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Idea
Species:
I. idea
Binomial name
Idea idea
(Linnaeus, 1763)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio idea Linnaeus, 1763
  • Idea agelia Godart, 1819
  • Nectaria idea hertha Fruhstorfer, 1903
  • Hestia idea novella Fruhstorfer, 1910
  • Idea aza Boisduval, 1832
  • Hestia (Nectaria) sula de Nicéville, 1900

Subspecies
  • I. i. idea (Ambon, Serang)
  • I. i. aza (Boisduval, 1832) (Buru)
  • I. i. sula (de Nicéville, 1900) (Sula Islands)
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References
  1. Linnaeus, 1763 in Carl Linnaeus & Boas Johansson (thesis), Centuria Insectorum. Amoenitates Academicæ. 6: 384-415
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9


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