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]
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Curetis |
Species: | C. tagalica
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Subspecies
edit- 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
edit- ^ 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
External links
editWikispecies has information related to Curetis tagalica.
- "Curetis Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 6, 2017.