Idea

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Danainae
Tribus: Danaini
Subtribus: Euploeina
Genus: Idea
Species: I. agamarschana – I. blanchardii – I. durvillei – I. electra – I. hypermnestra – I. iasonia – I. idea – I. leuconoe – I. lynceus – I. malabarica – I. stolli – I. tambusisiana
Name

Idea Fabricius, 1807: 283.

Type species: Papilio idea Linnaeus, 1763, by monotypy. [Amoen acad. 6: 405].
Synonyms

Hestia Hübner, 1816: 14. TS: Papilio lynceus Drury, [1773] 2: 12, pl. 7, fig. 1. Note: Hestia S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce, Bot. Stud. (Taipei) 51: 250 (2010) - Plantae.
Nectaria Billberg, 1820: 76 (invalid repl. of Idea Fabricius, 1807). TS: Papilio idea Linnaeus.
Sabalassa Moore, 1883: 217. TS: Hestia electra Semper.
Idaea Oberthür, 1880: 485. Misspelling. Note: Idaea Treitschke, 1825 - Geometridae.

References

Billberg, G.J. 1820. Enumeratio insectorum in museo Gust. Joh. Billberg. Stockholm, 138 pp. BHL Reference page.
Fabricius, J.C. 1807. In Illiger, J. K. W. Magazin für Insektenkunde 6: 279–289. BHL. Reference page.
Gayman, J.-M. & J. Ouvaroff, 2010: Idea blanchardii togiana ssp. nova de l'Est de Sulawesi (Indonésie) (Lepidoptera: Danaidae)-Complément à la description. Revue des Lépidoptéristes de France 19 (45): 46–48.
Hübner, J. 1816. Verzeichniß bekannter Schmettlinge 1: 1–16. BHL Reference page.
Moore, F., 1883. A Monograph of Linnaina and Euploeina, two Groups of Diurnal Lepidoptera belonging to the Subfamily Euploeinae, with Descriptions of new Genera and Species. Parts 1 Linnaina: 201–252 & 2 Euploeina: 253–324, pls 29-32. BHL1, BHL2 plates. Reference page.
Oberthür, C. 1880. Étude les collections de Lépidoptères océaniens appartenant au Musée civique de Genes. Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova 15: 461–530. Reference page.
Treadaway, C.G. & H.G. Schroeder, 2003: Two new Philippine subspecies of the danaid Idea leuconoe Erichson (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Danainae). Futoa 42: 18–20.

Idea is a genus of butterflies known as tree nymphs or paper butterflies. The member species are concentrated around South-East Asia. See Sevenia for the genus of African tree nymphs.
Species

Listed alphabetically:[1]

I. agamarschana (C. & R. Felder, [1865]) – Andaman tree-nymph
I. blanchardi Marchal, 1845 – black-trimmed rice paper
I. durvillei Boisduval, 1832
I. electra (Semper, 1878) – Electra's tree-nymph
I. hypermnestra (Westwood, 1848)
I. iasonia or I. jasonia (Westwood, 1848) – Ceylon tree-nymph
I. idea (Linnaeus, 1763) – rice paper
I. leuconoe Erichson, 1834 – paper kite
I. lynceus (Drury, [1773]) – tree-nymph
I. malabarica (Moore, 1877) – Malabar tree-nymph
I. stolli (Moore, 1883) – common tree-nymph
I. tambusisiana Bedford-Russell, 1981 – Bedford-Russell's tree-nymph or Sulawesi tree-nymph

References

"Idea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms