Curetis freda, the parallel sunbeam, is a species of butterfly in the lycaenid subfamily Curetinae.[1] It was described by John Nevill Eliot in 1959.[2] Its type locality is the Malay Peninsula.[1] The species also occurs on Borneo and Sumatra,[1] and in the Yala Province of Thailand.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Curetis |
| Species: | C. freda
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| Curetis freda Eliot, 1959
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References
edit- ^ a b c Savela, Markku. "Curetis". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
- ^ Eliot, J. N. (1959). "New or little known butterflies from Malaya". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). 7 (8): 377–378. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
- ^ Inayoshi, I. "Curetis freda". A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China Chiefly from Thailand, Laos & Vietnam. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
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