Idea hypermnestra

Idea hypermnestra is a large butterfly that belongs to the danaid group of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by John Obadiah Westwood in 1848. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2]

Idea hypermnestra
Idea hypermnestra linteata, figure 1 in Rhopalocera Malayana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Idea
Species:
I. hypermnestra
Binomial name
Idea hypermnestra
(Westwood, 1848)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hestia hypermnestra Westwood, 1848
  • Hestia belia belina Fruhstorfer, 1898
  • Hestia belia vollenhoveni Fruhstorfer, 1898
  • arbela Fruhstorfer, 1910
  • Hestia belia Westwood, 1848
  • Hestia linteata Butler, 1879
  • Hestia hypermnestra hera Fruhstorfer, 1903

Subspecies
  • I. h. hypermnestra (Borneo)
  • I. h. belia (Westwood, 1848) (Java)
  • I. h. linteata (Butler, 1879) (Burma to Peninsular Malaysia, Langkawi)
  • I. h. hera (Fruhstorfer, 1903) (Sumatra)

References
  1. Westwood, 1848 The Cabinet of Oriental Entomology 1-88, pl. 1-42
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
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