Curetis

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lycaenidae		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Subfamily Curetinae

Curetis, the sunbeams is a genus of gossamer-winged butterflies (Lycaenidae) from the south-east of Asia. They are presently the only genus in the subfamily Curetinae.

Selected species

Curetis acuta - angled sunbeam

Curetis acuta formosana Fruhstorfer, 1908

Curetis brunnea Wileman, 1909

Curetis barsine Felder, 1860

Curetis bulis - bright sunbeam

Curetis dentata - toothed sunbeam

Curetis discalis Moore, 1879

Curetis felderi Distant, 1884

Curetis freda Eliot, 1959

Curetis honesta Fruhstorfer, 1908

Curetis insularis (Horsfield, 1829)

Curetis latipicta Fruhstorfer, 1908

Curetis minima Distant & Pryer, 1887

Curetis naga Evans, 1954

Curetis nesophila C. & R. Felder, 1862

Curetis nisias Fruhstorfer, 1908

Curetis regula

Curetis santana

Curetis saronis - Burmese sunbeam

Curetis semilimbata Fruhstorfer, 1908

Curetis siva - Shiva's sunbeam

Curetis sperthis (C. & R. Felder, 1865)

Curetis tagalica (C. & R. Felder, 1862)

Curetis thetis - Indian sunbeam

Curetis tonkina Evans, 1954

Curetis venata Fruhstorfer, 1908

References

Curetis Wikipedia

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