Artipe eryx

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]

Artipe eryx
Artipe eryx
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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 eryx Linnaeus, 1771
  • Lehera eryx
  • Deudorix eryx
  • Lehera skinneri Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, [1887]
  • Papilio amyntor Herbst, 1804 (preocc. Cramer, 1775)
  • Lehera eryx agis Fruhstorfer, 1914
  • Lehera eryx okinawana Matsumura, 1919
  • Lehera eryx horiella Matsumura, 1929

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
  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.
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