The Ricepaper Butterflies of Southeast Asia are among the most delicate, lilting and frail of butterflies. Their weak bodies lack the strength to power their flight to anything more than a controlled glide. However, as they derive poison from their hostplants as larvae and retain it in adulthood, their well deserved poisonous reputation affords them ample protection in the wild.

These three species are a modest representation of the genus Idea, all of which are similarly formed and colored.