Curetis tagalica
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Curetis |
| Species: | C. tagalica
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Curetis tagalica, the southern sunbeam, is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family. It is found in Southeast Asia (Philippines, Celebes, Palawan, Balabac, Borneo, Sumatra, Javan, Peninsular Malaya and Thailand).It has very light red (more miniate) ground colour in which the costal margin is but narrowly bordered with black, the distal margin almost linearly so.[2]
Subspecies
- Curetis tagalica tagalica (Philippines)
- Curetis tagalica celebensis (C. & R. Felder, [1865]) (Sulawesi)
- Curetis tagalica palawanica Staudinger, 1889 (Palawan, Balabac)
- Curetis tagalica hera Fruhstorfer, 1900 (Nias)
- Curetis tagalica jopa Fruhstorfer, 1908 (Borneo, Sumatra, Javan, Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand)
- Curetis tagalica talautensis Chapman, 1915 (Talaud)
- Curetis tagalica brunnescens Ribbe, 1926 (Sula, Bangka)
- Curetis tagalica labuana Evans, 1954 (Labuan, Pulau Tioman, Natuna)
- Curetis tagalica takanamii Schröder & Treadaway, 1989 (Sibutu)
References
- ^ Felder, C. & Felder, R. 1865–75. Rhopalocera. In Reise der Osterreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in der Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 under den Befehlen Commadore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band: Abtheilung. Vienna, 549 pp., 140 pls.
- ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175
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External links
- "Curetis Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 6, 2017.