Ideopsis
Glassy Tigers
Andrew V. Z. Brower
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An Australasian genus of aposematic butterflies that serve as models for a variety of Batesian mimics.Discussion of Phylogenetic Relationships
The cladogram is based upon morphological characters of adults, as analyzed by Ackery & Vane-Wright (1984).The clade composed of I. oberthurii, I. juventa, I. similis and I. vulgaris is viewed by some authors as the subgenus or genus Radena Moore. This name is viewed as a subjective junior synonym by Ackery & Vane-Wright (1984).
The recently described species I. fojana is added to the cladogram based on discussion in Peggie et al. (2009).References
Ackery PR, and Vane-Wright RI. 1984. Milkweed butterflies. British Museum (Natural History), London.
Peggie D, Vane-Wright RI & Mastrigt Hv. 2009 A new member of the Ideopsis gaura superspecies (Lepidoptera: Danainae) from the Foja Mountains, Papua, Indonesia. SUGAPA (Suara Serangga Papua) 3(4):
Title Illustrations
| Scientific Name | Ideopsis similis |
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| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Source | PICT0021_1 |
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| Copyright | © 2006 chung-tung yeh |
| Scientific Name | Ideopsis vulgaris |
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| Location | Singapore |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Source | Blue Glassy Tiger (Ideopsis vulgaris macrina) |
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| Copyright | © 2005 AK |
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- First online 04 October 2006
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Brower, Andrew V. Z. 2010. Ideopsis . Glassy Tigers. Version 21 June 2010 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Ideopsis/70709/2010.06.21 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/
