Tree nymph

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Tree nymph is another term for a Dryad in Ancient Greek mythology.

It can also refer to either of two or three genera of the brush-footed butterfly family (Nymphalidae). They occur in different parts of the world and are not particularly closely related:

  • Idea (genus), the Asian tree nymphs or paper butterflies, from the milkweed butterfly subfamily (Danainae)
    • Idea lynceus, a butterfly of that genus called the tree-nymph
  • Ideopsis, the Southeast Asian tree- and wood nymphs, also known as glassy tigers, from a different lineage of Danainae
  • Sevenia, the African tree nymphs, from the tropical brushfoot subfamily (Biblidinae)

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