Curetis acuta

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Curetinae
Genus: Curetis
Species: Curetis acuta
Subspecies: C. a. acuta – C. a. denta – C. a. dentata – C. a. formosana – C. a. paracuta

Curetis acuta ♂

Curetis acuta ♀

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Name

Curetis acuta Moore, 1877.

Type locality: China, Shanghai.

Holotype: Syntypes BMNH

Synonymy

• Curetis acuta Moore, 1877: 50; Eliot, 1990: 207.
• Curetis acuta albida (ab.) Esaki & Nakahara, 1930: 149. = paracuta
• Curetis acuta classica (ab.) Murayama, 1943 = paracuta
• Curetis acuta japonica Fruhstorfer, 1908: 56, TL: Japan, Hondo. = paracuta
• Curetis acuta tsushimana Fruhstorfer, 1908: 57, TL: Tsushima. = paracuta

References

• Eliot, J. N. 1990. Notes on the Genus Curetis Hübner (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Tyô to Ga 41(4): 201–225. PDF Reference page. 
• Esaki, T. & Nakahara, W. 1930. Some new aberrant forms of Japanese and Formosan butterflies. Zephyrus 2(3): 148–150, 1 pl 1 fig. Reference page. 
• Fruhstorfer, H., 1908. Neue Curetis und uebersicht der bekannten Arten. Stettiner entomologische Zeitung 69: 49–59. BHL. Reference page. 
• Moore, F., 1877. Descriptions of Asiatic diurnal lepidoptera. Annals and Magazine of natural History. 4(20): 43-52. BHL Reference page. 
• Murayama, S., 1943. Two new aberrant forms of Japanese butterflies. Zephyrus 9: 180–181. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Angled Sunbeam
日本語: ウラギンシジミ
中文: 尖翅銀灰蝶

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