''Artipe anna'' is a species of butterfly belonging to the
lycaenid
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfl ...
family described by
Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1896. It is found in
Southeast Asia (Borneo, Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra)
.
[ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. ''Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde'' 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.]
Subspecies
*''Artipe anna anna'' (Borneo, Peninsular Malaya, possibly Sumatra)
*''Artipe anna fulva''
(Moulton, 1911) (Sarawak)
References
External links
"''Artipe'' Boisduval, 1870"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
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Artipe
Butterflies described in 1896