''Idea lynceus'', the tree-nymph (''Malaysian giant tree-nymph''), is a species of

nymphalid The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a red ...

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

in the Danainae subfamily. It is found in South East Asia. The wingspan is about 135–165 mm. The larvae feed on '' Aganosma corymbosa''.

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically:"''Idea'' Fabricius, 1807"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' * ''I. l. favorinus'' Fruhstorfer, 1910 * ''I. l. fumata'' Fruhstorfer, 1897 (southern Borneo) * ''I. l. lynceus'' (Malaysian giant tree-nymph)(Burma, Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Langkawi, Sumatra) * ''I. l. niasica'' Fruhstorfer, 1903 (Nias) * ''I. l. reinwardti'' Moore, 1883 * ''I. l. thalassica'' Fruhstorfer, 1910

References

Idea (butterfly) Butterflies of Borneo Butterflies of Indochina Butterflies described in 1773 Taxa named by Dru Drury {{Danainae-stub