Curetis tagalica

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).[2]

Curetis tagalica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Curetis
Species:
C. tagalica
Binomial name
Curetis tagalica
Synonyms
  • Phaedra tagalica C. & R. Felder, 1862
  • Phaedra obsoleta C. & R. Felder, 1862
  • Curetis thetis aurantiaca Fruhstorfer, 1900
  • Curetis insularis izabella Fruhstorfer, 1900
  • Curetis insularis camotina Fruhstorfer, 1908
  • Curetis insularis jolona Fruhstorfer, 1908
  • Anops celebensis C. & R. Felder, [1865]
  • Curetis eos Röber, 1887
  • Curetis tagalica var. dohertyi Chapman, 1915
  • Curetis celebensis ab. itamus Ribbe, 1926
  • Curetis celebensis kalawara Ribbe, 1926
  • Curetis thetys var. palawanica Staudinger, 1889
  • Curetis insularis hera Fruhstorfer, 1900
  • Curetis insularis jopa Fruhstorfer, 1908
  • Curetis insularis insularis f. eda Fruhstorfer, 1908
  • Curetis tagalica var. talautensis Chapman, 1915
  • Curetis labuana Evans, 1954
  • Curetis tagalica vietnamitica Inoue & Kawazoe, 1965

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
  1. 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.
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175


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