''Ideopsis vitrea'', the Blanchard's wood nymph, is a

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 ...

of the family

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. It is found on

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, the

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and

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Subspecies

*''Ideopsis vitrea vitrea'' (West Irian: Arfak Mountains) *''Ideopsis vitrea chloris'' (C. & R. Felder, 1860) (Morotai, Halmahera, Ternate, Bachan, Buru) *''Ideopsis vitrea obiana'' Fruhstorfer, 1910 (Obi) *''Ideopsis vitrea inuncta'' (Butler, 1865) (Gebe Island, Waigeu) *''Ideopsis vitrea onina'' Talbot, 1940 (West Irian: Onin Peninsula) *''Ideopsis vitrea serena'' Joicey & Talbot, 1916 (West Irian: Wandammen Mountains) *''Ideopsis vitrea oenopia'' (C. & R. Felder, 1859) (Sulawesi) *''Ideopsis vitrea arachosia'' Fruhstorfer, 1910 (southern Sulawesi) *''Ideopsis vitrea iza'' Fruhstorfer, 1899 (Sula Islands) *''Ideopsis vitrea ribbei'' Röber, 1887 (Banggai Islands)

Gallery

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References

Butterflies described in 1853 Ideopsis {{Danainae-stub