Idea idea
Species of butterfly
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Idea idea, also known as Linnaeus's idea or rice paper, is a large butterfly that belongs to the danaid group of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1763 Centuria Insectorum. It is found in the Australasian realm.[2]
| Linnaeus's idea | |
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| In Edward Donovan's 1800 An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of India | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Idea |
| Species: | I. idea |
| Binomial name | |
| Idea idea | |
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Subspecies
- I. i. idea (Ambon, Seram)
- I. i. aza (Boisduval, 1832) (Buru)
- I. i. sula (de Nicéville, 1900) (Sula Islands)
