Idea leuconoe

The paper kite butterfly's forewings and hindwings are translucent silvery white with black spots, similar to the Idea lynceus. ==Subspecies==

Listed alphabetically: • I. l. athesis Fruhstorfer, 1911 • I. l. caesena Fruhstorfer, 1911 • I. l. chersonesia (Fruhstorfer, 1898) • I. l. clara (Butler, 1867) • I. l. engania (Doherty, 1891) • I. l. esanga Fruhstorfer, 1898 • I. l. fregela Fruhstorfer, 1911 • I. l. godmani Oberthür, 1878 • I. l. gordita Fruhstorfer, 1911 • I. l. javana Fruhstorfer, 1896 • I. l. kwashotoensis (Sonan, 1928) • I. l. lasiaka van Eecke, 1913 • I. l. leuconoe Erichson, 1834 • I. l. moira Fruhstorfer, 1910 • I. l. natunensis Snellen, 1895 • I. l. nigriana Grose-Smith, 1895 • I. l. obscura Staudinger, 1889 • I. l. princesa Staudinger, 1889 • I. l. samara Fruhstorfer, 1910 • I. l. siamensis (Godfrey, 1916) • I. l. solyma Fruhstorfer, 1910 • I. l. vedana Fruhstorfer, 1906 • I. l. vicetia Fruhstorfer, 1911 == Gallery ==

File:Rice paper butterfly with sunlight shining through (16709).jpg|A backlighted side ventral view of the silver wings illustrates why the descriptor “rice paper” is used. File:Paper-kite caterpillar.jpg|Larva (caterpillar) File:Idea leuconoe(pupa).jpg|Pupa File:20070414 idea leuconoe strandberg crop.jpg|Dorsal view File:Paper Kite 2010 031.jpg|Ventral view Tree_Nymph_Butterfly.jpg|Feeding Idea leuconoe on Chaenomeles speciosa in Ryukyu Mura (horizontal).jpg|On Japanese quince (Chaenomeles speciosa) ==References==