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Idea leuconoe (Chinese kite butterfly)

Synonyms: Hestia leucothoe

Wikipedia Abstract

The paper kite, rice paper, or large tree nymph butterfly (Idea leuconoe) is known especially for its presence in butterfly greenhouses and live butterfly expositions. The paper kite is of Southeast Asian origin. Larvae feed on Parsonsia species, Tylophora hispida, Parsonsia helicandra, Parsonsia spiralis, and Cynanchum formosanum.
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Infraspecies

Idea leuconoe athesis
Idea leuconoe caesena
Idea leuconoe chersonesia
Idea leuconoe clara
Idea leuconoe engania
Idea leuconoe esanga
Idea leuconoe fregela
Idea leuconoe godmani
Idea leuconoe gordita
Idea leuconoe javana
Idea leuconoe karimondjawae
Idea leuconoe kwashotoensis
Idea leuconoe lasiaka
Idea leuconoe leuconoe
Idea leuconoe moira
Idea leuconoe natunensis
Idea leuconoe nigriana
Idea leuconoe obscura
Idea leuconoe princesa
Idea leuconoe roepkei
Idea leuconoe samara
Idea leuconoe siamensis
Idea leuconoe solyma
Idea leuconoe vedana
Idea leuconoe vicetia

Prey / Diet

Cynanchum ovalifolium[1]
Parsonsia alboflavescens[1]
Vincetoxicum hirsutum[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0