Idea idea

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| name = Linnaeus's idea

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| image = DonovanEpitomePlate24.jpg

| image_caption = In Edward Donovan's 1800 An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of India

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| taxon = Idea idea

| authority = (Linnaeus, 1763)Linnaeus, 1763 in Carl Linnaeus & Boas Johansson (thesis), Centuria Insectorum. Amoenitates Academicæ. 6: 384-415

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• 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

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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.Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9