Artipe grandis

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribe: Deudorigini
Genus: Artipe
Species: Artipe grandis
Subspecies: A. g. grandis – A. g. jactantis – A. g. mesites
Name

Artipe grandis (Rothschild & Jordan, 1905).

Type locality: New Guinea.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH, Angabunga River/ St. Joseph River, British New Guinea, 6,000ft., xi. 1904 - ii. 1905. (A. S. Meek 1892).
Synonyms

Deudorix grandis Rothschild & Jordan, 1905: 465; Jordan, 1906: 759, pl. 3, figs 9, 10.
Deudorix grandis grandis (Rothschild & Jordan); Jordan, 1930: 147.
Artipe grandis (Rothschild & Jordan); D'Abrera, 1977: 303; Parsons, 1998: 408, pl. 63, figs 1728-1731.

References

D'Abrera, B. 1977. Butterflies of the Australian Region, edn 2. 415 pp. Lansdowne, Melbourne. Reference page.
Jordan, K., 1906. Notes to Plates 3 and 10. Novit. zool. 13: 759-761, 2 pls. Reference page.
Jordan, K., 1930. On the two species of Deudorix known from New Guinea. Novit. Zool. 36: 147–149. BHL. Reference page.
Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea xvi+736pp., 136 pls. Academic Press, London, ISBN 0125455550. Reference page.
Rothschild, L.W. & Jordan, K. 1905. On some new Lepidoptera discovered by A. S. Meek in British New Guinea. Novitates Zoologicae 12: 448–478. BHL Reference page.