Idea idea

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
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

Subspecies

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