Curetis acuta

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Angled Sunbeam

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Curetinae
Genus: Curetis
Species: Curetis acuta
Binomial name
Curetis acuta
Moore, 1877
Synonyms

Curetus acuta (lapsus)

The Angled Sunbeam Curetis acuta[1][2][3] is a species of butterfly belong to the lycaenid family. It is found in Asia.

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[edit] Distribution

South India. Pachhmari. Mussoories to Dawnas.[3] Assam, China, Hainan, Taiwan, Japan. Possibly North Burma and Indo China. [1]

[edit] Cited references

  1. ^ a b Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera on Curetis genus.
  2. ^ Card for acuta in LepIndex. Accessed 07 Jul 2007.
  3. ^ a b Evans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no H44.6, pp 254

[edit] See also

Curetis acuta from Seitz
Curetis acuta from Seitz

[edit] References

  • Beccaloni, G. W., Scoble, M. J., Robinson, G. S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/lepindex.
  • Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India
  • Haribal, Meena (1994) Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and their Natural History.
  • Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera [1].
  • Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.
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