Curetis
{{Short description|Butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = VB 062 Bright Sunbeam UP.jpg
| image_caption = Bright sunbeam
(Curetis bulis)
| parent_authority = Distant, 1884
| taxon = Curetis
| authority = Hübner, [1819]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = Several, see text
| synonyms =
Curetus (lapsus)
Phaedra Horsfield, 1829
Anops Boisduval, 1836
}}
Curetis, the sunbeams, is a genus of gossamer-winged butterflies (Lycaenidae) from Southeast 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
External links
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{{Wikispecies}}
- [http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/curetinae/curetis/index.html Curetis] at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
- [http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=25554 Images representing Curetis] at BOLD
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Category:Taxa named by Jacob Hübner
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