''Artipe'' is a genus of
butterflies
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
in the family
Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are 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 ...
, the
Palearctic realm (Himalayas - China), and the
Australasian realm (New Guinea).
Genus ''Artipe'' was erected by
Jean Baptiste Boisduval
Jean Baptiste Alphonse Déchauffour de Boisduval (24 June 1799 – 30 December 1879) was a French lepidopterist, botanist, and physician.
He was one of the most celebrated lepidopterists of France, and was the co-founder of the Société entomol ...
in 1870.
Species
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Artipe anna''
(Druce, 1896)
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Artipe eryx
''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 his Nobility#Ennoblement, ennoblement in 1761 as ...
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(Linnaeus, 1771) - green flash
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Artipe grandis
''Artipe'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Indomalayan realm, the Palearctic realm (Himalayas - China), and the Australasian realm (New Guinea).
Genus ''Artipe'' was erected by Jean B ...
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(Rothschild & Jordan, 1905) New Guinea
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Artipe dohertyi''
(Oberthür, 1894) New Guinea
External links
"''Artipe'' Boisduval, 1870"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
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Deudorigini
Lycaenidae genera
Taxa named by Jean Baptiste Boisduval
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