Smaller wood nymph

Ideopsis gaura

The smaller wood nymph is a species of nymphalid butterfly in the Danainae subfamily. It is found in Southeast Asia. Larva feed on "Melodinus" especially "Melodinus laevigatus". Adults are mimicked by "Graphium delessertii".
Ideopsis gaura perakana Smaller Wood Nymph in upper Selangor in an abandoned picnic park, near the border to Perak Ideopsis gaura,Ideopsis gaura perakana,Smaller Wood Nymph,Smaller wood nymph

Naming

Listed alphabetically.
⤷ "I. g. anapina" Semper, 1892
⤷ "I. g. anapis"
⤷ "I. g. bracara" Fruhstofer, 1910
⤷ "I. g. canlaonii" Jumalon, 1971
⤷ "I. g. costalis"
⤷ "I. g. daos"
⤷ "I. g. eudora"
⤷ "I. g. gaura"
⤷ "I. g. glaphyra" Moore, 1883
⤷ "I. g. kajangensis" Okubo, 1983
⤷ "I. g. lingana" Fruhstorfer, 1910
⤷ "I. g. natunensi"s 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

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyNymphalidae
GenusIdeopsis
SpeciesI. gaura
Photographed in
Malaysia