Artipe eryx

Green flash
Scientific classification
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]

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 alaxEliot, 1956 (southern Sulawesi)
• Artipe eryx excellensEliot, 1959 (Peninsular Malaysia)

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.

External links

• "Artipe Boisduval, 1870" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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