Artipe eryx
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Artipe eryx | |
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Artipe eryx | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Artipe |
Species: | A. eryx
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Artipe eryx | |
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Artipe eryx, the green flash, is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by Carl Linnaeus in 1771. It is found in the Indomalayan realm (North India, Burma, China, Indochina, Peninsular Malaya, Taiwan, Borneo, Sulawesi, Japan).[2]
The larvae feed on the fruits of Gardenia species, including Gardenia jasminoides and Gardenia florida.
Subspecies
- Artipe eryx eryx (northern India, Burma, Thailand to Indo China, southern China)
- Artipe eryx agis (Fruhstorfer, 1914) (southern Borneo)
- Artipe eryx okinawana (Matsumura, 1919) (Japan)
- Artipe eryx horiella (Matsumura, 1929) (Taiwan)
- Artipe eryx alax Eliot, 1956 (southern Sulawesi)
- Artipe eryx excellens Eliot, 1959 (Peninsular Malaysia)
References
- ^ Linnaeus, 1771 Mantissa Plantarum altera Generum editionis Vi & Specierum editionis II Mantissa Plant. 2: -,[iv], 142-510, + Regni Animalis Appendix 511-552.
- ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.
External links
- "Artipe Boisduval, 1870" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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