Idea idea

Linnaeus' idea
In Edward Donovan's 1800 An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of India
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Idea
Species:	I. idea
Binomial name
Idea idea (Linnaeus, 1763)[1]
Synonyms
Papilio idea Linnaeus, 1763 Idea agelia Godart, 1819 Nectaria idea hertha Fruhstorfer, 1903 Hestia idea novella Fruhstorfer, 1910 Idea aza Boisduval, 1832 Hestia (Nectaria) sula de Nicéville, 1900

Idea idea, or Linnaeus' idea, 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]

• I. i. idea (Ambon, Serang)
• I. i. aza (Boisduval, 1832) (Buru)
• I. i. sula (de Nicéville, 1900) (Sula Islands)

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

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