Curetis

Curetis
Bright sunbeam
(Curetis bulis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Lycaenidae
Subfamily:Curetinae
Genus:Curetis
Hübner, [1819]
Species

Several, see text

Synonyms

Curetus (lapsus)
Phaedra Horsfield, 1829
Anops Boisduval, 1836

Curetis, the sunbeams is a genus of gossamer-winged butterflies (Lycaenidae) from Southeast Asia. They are presently the only genus in the subfamily Curetinae.

Selected species


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