''Curetis'', the sunbeams, is a
genus
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of
gossamer-winged butterflies
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 butterfly ...
(Lycaenidae) from
Southeast Asia
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. They are presently the only genus in the
subfamily Curetinae.
Selected species
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Curetis acuta
''Curetis acuta'', the angled sunbeam,Markku Savela's website on Lepidopter/ref>
Retrieved April 20, 2018. is a species of butterfly belong to the lycaenid family. It is found in Indomalayan realm. ''Curetis acuta'' is sexually dimorphic, the se ...
'' - angled sunbeam
** ''Curetis acuta formosana''
Fruhstorfer, 1908
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Curetis brunnea''
Wileman, 1909
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Curetis barsine
''Curetis barsine'' is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family. It is found in the Australasian realm. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. ''Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde'' 9
Subspecies
*''C. b. barsine'' (Ambon, Serg ...
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Felder, 1860
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Curetis bulis
''Curetis bulis'', the bright sunbeam, is a species of butterfly belonging to the Lycaenidae, lycaenid family. It is found in Asia.
Description
;Male
Male upperside, forewing: velvety black, an elongate broad medial patch dark orange red, that ...
'' - bright sunbeam
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Curetis dentata
''Curetis acuta'', the angled sunbeam,Markku Savela's website on Lepidopter/ref>
Retrieved April 20, 2018. is a species of butterfly belong to the lycaenid family. It is found in Indomalayan realm. ''Curetis acuta'' is sexually dimorphic, the se ...
'' - toothed sunbeam
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Curetis discalis''
Moore, 1879
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Curetis felderi
''Curetis felderi'', the white-beaked sunbeam, 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, whos ...
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Distant, 1884
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Curetis freda''
Eliot, 1959
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Curetis honesta''
Fruhstorfer, 1908
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Curetis insularis''
(Horsfield, 1829)
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Curetis latipicta''
Fruhstorfer, 1908
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Curetis minima''
Distant & Pryer, 1887
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Curetis naga''
Evans, 1954
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Curetis nesophila''
C. & R. Felder, 1862
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Curetis nisias''
Fruhstorfer, 1908
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Curetis regula''
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Curetis santana''
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Curetis saronis'' - Burmese sunbeam
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Curetis semilimbata''
Fruhstorfer, 1908
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Curetis siva'' - Shiva's sunbeam
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Curetis sperthis''
(C. & R. Felder, 1865)
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Curetis tagalica''
(C. & R. Felder, 1862)
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Curetis thetis
''Curetis thetis'', the Indian sunbeam, Retrieved April 20, 2018.Markku Savela's website on Lepidopterat Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in Indomalayan realm.
Distribution
The butterfly ...
'' - Indian sunbeam
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Curetis tonkina''
Evans, 1954
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Curetis venata
''Curetis venata'' is a species of butterfly in the lycaenid subfamily Curetinae. It was described by Hans Fruhstorfer in 1908 as subspecies of '' Curetis insularis''.
Its type locality is on Sulawesi
Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes ...
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Fruhstorfer, 1908
External links
''Curetis''at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
Images representing ''Curetis'' at
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Methods and use
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Lycaenidae genera
Taxa named by Jacob Hübner
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