Ideopsis gaura

Smaller wood nymph
Ideopsis gaura perakana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Ideopsis
Species:	I. gaura
Binomial name
Ideopsis gaura (Horsfield, [1829])
Subspecies
many, see text
Synonyms
Idea diardi Vollenhoven, 1860

The smaller wood nymph (Ideopsis gaura) 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.

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically.^[1]

• I. g. anapina Semper, 1892
• I. g. anapis (C. & R. Felder, 1861)
• I. g. bracara Fruhstofer, 1910
• I. g. canlaonii Jumalon, 1971
• I. g. costalis (Moore, 1883)
• I. g. daos (Boisduval, [1836])
• I. g. eudora (Gray, 1846)
• I. g. gaura (Horsfield, [1829])
• I. g. glaphyra Moore, 1883
• I. g. kajangensis Okubo, 1983
• I. g. lingana Fruhstorfer, 1910
• I. g. natunensis 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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