Paper Kite Butterfly
by Lingfai Leung
Title
Paper Kite Butterfly
Artist
Lingfai Leung
Medium
Photograph - Photographs
Description
The Paper Kite, Rice Paper, or Tree Nymph butterfly (Idea leuconoe) brlong to the Nymphalidae and the subfamily Danainae - which includes he Monarchs, Tigers, Crows and Tree Nymphs, comprises of about 190 species worldwide.
All Danaines are thought to be distasteful to birds. Their bodies contain toxins which are derived from the lactiferous larval foodplants, and are often supplemented by further toxins sequestered from adult food sources. The bright wing patterns "advertise" these unpalatable qualities, in much the same way that the bands of yellow and black of wasps advertise the fact that they can sting. Consequently any bird that suffers the highly unpleasant experience of tasting a Danaine is unlikely to attack other similarly colored butterflies. Effectively, a few individuals are sacrificed for the good of the species as a whole.
here are 12 Idea species, of which 5 occur in West Malaysia i.e. hypermnestra, leuconoe, lynceus, iasonia and stolli. The other 7 species are found variously in India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, the Philippines, Sumatra, Borneo, Sulawesi, Irian and Papua New Guinea.
Tree Nymphs are very large butterflies, characterized by having translucent white wings patterned with black veins, and numerous oval black spots. They are noted for their slow and very graceful flight, which gives them the appearance of white handkerchiefs floating gently on the breeze.
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