Curetis freda

{{Short description|Butterfly species in genus Curetis}}

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Curetis freda, the parallel sunbeam, is a species of butterfly in the lycaenid subfamily Curetinae. It was described by John Nevill Eliot in 1959. Its type locality is the Malay Peninsula. The species also occurs on Borneo and Sumatra, and in the Yala Province of Thailand.

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{{cite web |last1=Savela |first1=Markku |title=Curetis |url=http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/curetinae/curetis/index.html|website=Lepidoptera and some other life forms |accessdate=3 July 2018}}

{{cite web |last1=Inayoshi |first1=I. |title=Curetis freda |url=http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lyc3/84130001.html |website=A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China Chiefly from Thailand, Laos & Vietnam |accessdate=3 July 2018}}

{{cite journal |last1=Eliot |first1=J. N. |title=New or little known butterflies from Malaya |journal=Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) |date=1959 |volume=7 |issue=8 |pages=377–378 |url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2279571466#page/405/mode/1up |accessdate=3 July 2018 |language=en}}

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Category:Curetis

Category:Butterflies of Asia

Category:Butterflies described in 1959

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