Idea stolli
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The Common Tree-nymph or Common Tree Nymph (Idea stolli) is a species of nymphalid
butterfly
in the Danainae subfamily. It is found in South East Asia.
The wings are white with black dots and veins. The wingspan is about 150 mm.
The larvae feed on Agonosma cymosa and Agonosma corymbosa.
Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae is a family of about 5,000 species of butterflies which are distributed throughout most of the world. These are usually medium sized to large butterflies. Most species have a reduced pair of forelegs and many hold their colourful wings flat when resting. They are also called...
butterfly
Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
in the Danainae subfamily. It is found in South East Asia.
The wings are white with black dots and veins. The wingspan is about 150 mm.
The larvae feed on Agonosma cymosa and Agonosma corymbosa.
Subspecies
Listed alphabetically.- I. s. alcine FruhstorferHans FruhstorferHans Fruhstorfer was a German explorer, insect trader and entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera. He collected and described many new species of exotic butterflies, especially in Seitz's Macrolepidoptera of the World...
, 1910 (southern Borneo, Sarawak) - I. s. bintanga van Eecke, 1915 (Riau, Lingga Island)
- I. s. hypata Fruhstorfer, 1910 (Sulu Island)
- I. s. logani (Moore, 1883) (Peninsular Malaya, Singapore, Sumatra, Batu Island)
- I. s. stolli (Moore, 1883) (Java)
- I. s. thalassica Fruhstorfer, 1910 (Natuna Island)
- I. s. virgo Fruhstorfer, 1903 (northern Borneo)