Artipe eryx

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Green flash
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Artipe
Species:
A. eryx
Binomial name
Artipe eryx
(Linnaeus, 1771) [1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio eryxLinnaeus, 1771
  • Lehera eryx
  • Deudorix eryx
  • Lehera skinneriWood-Mason & de Nicéville, [1887]
  • Papilio amyntorHerbst, 1804 (preocc. Cramer, 1775)
  • Lehera eryx agisFruhstorfer, 1914
  • Lehera eryx okinawanaMatsumura, 1919
  • Lehera eryx horiellaMatsumura, 1929

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]

Contents

The larvae feed on the fruits of Gardenia species, including Gardenia jasminoides and Gardenia florida .

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References

  1. Linnaeus, 1771 Mantissa Plantarum altera Generum editionis Vi & Specierum editionis II Mantissa Plant. 2: -,[iv], 142-510, + Regni Animalis Appendix 511-552.
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.