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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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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The larvae feed on the fruits of Gardenia species, including Gardenia jasminoides and Gardenia florida.
Subspecies edit
- 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 edit
- ^ 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 edit
- "Artipe Boisduval, 1870" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Gallery edit
Wikispecies has information related to Artipe eryx.
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