Idea leuconoe

Paper kite

Dorsal view

Ventral view
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Idea
Species:	I. leuconoe
Binomial name
*Idea leuconoe* Erichson, 1834

The paper kite, rice paper, or large tree nymph^[1] butterfly (Idea leuconoe) is known especially for its presence in butterfly greenhouses and live butterfly expositions. The paper kite is of Southeast Asian origin.

Larvae feed on Parsonsia species, Tylophora hispida, Parsonsia helicandra, Parsonsia spiralis, and Cynanchum formosanum.^[2]

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically.^[2]

I. l. athesis Fruhstorfer, 1911
I. l. caesena Fruhstorfer, 1911
I. l. chersonesia (Fruhstorfer, 1898)
I. l. clara (Butler, 1867)
I. l. engania (Doherty, 1891)
I. l. esanga Fruhstorfer, 1898
I. l. fregela Fruhstorfer, 1911
I. l. godmani Oberthür, 1878
I. l. gordita Fruhstorfer, 1911
I. l. javana Fruhstorfer, 1896
I. l. kwashotoensis (Sonan, 1928)
I. l. lasiaka van Eecke, 1913
I. l. leuconoe Erichson, 1834
I. l. moira Fruhstorfer, 1910
I. l. natunensis Snellen, 1895
I. l. nigriana Grose-Smith, 1895
I. l. obscura Staudinger, 1889
I. l. princesa Staudinger, 1889
I. l. samara Fruhstorfer, 1910
I. l. siamensis (Godfrey, 1916)
I. l. solyma Fruhstorfer, 1910
I. l. vedana Fruhstorfer, 1906
I. l. vicetia Fruhstorfer, 1911

Gallery

Pupa
Dorsal view
Ventral view

References

↑ Cutler, David (2002). Butterflies and Moths (Second American ed.). London: Dorling Kindersley. ISBN 0-7894-8983-X.
1 2 Idea, funet.fi

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