''Artipe eryx'', the green flash, 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
Carl Linnaeus 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 Indi ...
(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 and Pacific Islands, and Australia.
The genus was named by Carl Linnaeus and John Ellis aft ...
'' species, including ''
Gardenia jasminoides
''Gardenia jasminoides'', commonly known as gardenia, is an evergreen flowering plant in the coffee family Rubiaceae. It is native to parts of South-East Asia. Wild plants range from 30 centimetres to 3 metres (about 1 to 10 feet) in height. The ...
'' 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