''Artipe eryx'', the green flash, is a species of butterfly belonging to the
lycaenid family described by
Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
in 1771. It is found in the
Indomalayan realm
The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia.
Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Ind ...
(North India, Burma, China, Indochina, Peninsular Malaya, Taiwan, Borneo, Sulawesi, Japan).
[ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. ''Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde'' 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.]
The larvae feed on the fruits of ''
Gardenia
''Gardenia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the coffee family, Rubiaceae, native to the tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, Madagascar, Pacific Islands, and Australia.
The genus was named by Carl Linnaeus and John Ellis after ...
'' species, including ''
Gardenia jasminoides
''Gardenia jasminoides'', commonly known as gardenia and cape jasmine, is an evergreen flowering plant in the coffee family Rubiaceae. It is native to the subtropical and northern tropical parts of the Far East. Wild plants range from 30 centime ...
'' 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
External links
"''Artipe'' Boisduval, 1870"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Gallery
File:CramerAndStoll-uitlandsche kapellen vol. 2- plate 143.jpg
File:Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera 8.jpg
File:Close wing position of Artipe eryx (Linnaeus, 1771) – Green Flash (Female).jpg
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Artipe
Butterflies described in 1771
Butterflies of Asia
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus