Overview
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Curetis, the sunbeams is a of gossamer-winged butterflies (Lycaenidae) from the south-east of Asia. They are presently the only genus in the subfamily Curetinae.
Selected Species
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- Curetis acuta - Angled Sunbeam
- Curetis acuta formosana Fruhstorfer, 1908
- Curetis brunnea Wileman, 1909
- Curetis bulis - Bright Sunbeam
- Curetis dentata - Toothed Sunbeam
- Curetis regula
- Curetis santana
- Curetis saronis - Burmese Sunbeam
- Curetis siva - Shiva's Sunbeam
- Curetis tagalica
- Curetis thetis - Indian Sunbeam
Taxonomy
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The Subfamily Curetinae is a member of the Family Lycaenidae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Curetinae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa
Aguinaldo Et Al., 1997 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
- Superphylum: Panarthropoda
Cuvier
- Phylum: Arthropoda
Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
- Subphylum: Mandibulata
Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum: Atelocerata
Heymons, 1901
- Superclass: Panhexapoda
- Class: Insecta
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Insects
- Subclass: Dicondylia
- Infraclass: Pterygota
- Winged Insects
- Cohort: Myoglossata
- Superorder: Amphiesmenoptera
- Order: Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758 - Butterflies and Moths
- Infraorder: Heteroneura
- a genus of Longhorned Beetles (Cerambycidae)
- Family: Lycaenidae
- Gossamer Winged Butterflies
- Subfamily: Curetinae
- Family: Lycaenidae
- Gossamer Winged Butterflies
- Infraorder: Heteroneura
- a genus of Longhorned Beetles (Cerambycidae)
- Order: Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758 - Butterflies and Moths
- Superorder: Amphiesmenoptera
- Cohort: Myoglossata
- Infraclass: Pterygota
- Winged Insects
- Subclass: Dicondylia
- Class: Insecta
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Insects
- Superclass: Panhexapoda
- Infraphylum: Atelocerata
Heymons, 1901
- Subphylum: Mandibulata
Snodgrass, 1938
- Phylum: Arthropoda
Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
- Superphylum: Panarthropoda
Cuvier
- Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa
Aguinaldo Et Al., 1997 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Subfamily Curetinae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (1): Curetis
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 5 species and subspecies in the Subfamily Curetinae.
Genera
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Curetis
Curetis, the sunbeams is a of gossamer-winged butterflies (Lycaenidae) from the south-east of Asia. They are presently the only genus in the subfamily Curetinae. [more]
At least 99 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Curetis.
More info about the Genus Curetis may be found here.
Sources
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