Curetis sperthis

Curetis sperthis sperthis, ♂, Brunei.

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Curetinae
Genus: Curetis
Species: Curetis sperthis
Subspecies: (6) per Eliot, 1990.
C. s. kawazoei – C. s. kiritana – C. s. metayei – C. s. niasica – C. s. semilimbata – C. s. sperthis

Name

Curetis sperthis C.Felder & R.Felder, 1865.

Type locality: Malay Peninsula, "Malacca Interior".

Holotype: ♂ BMNH.

Synonymy

• Anops sperthis C. & R. Felder, 1865: 222.
• Curetis minima Distant & Pryer, 1887: 265. North Borneo.
• Curetis insularis sperthis (Felder); Fruhstorfer, 1908: 53.
• Curetis sanatana sanatana [sic] forma latipicta Fruhstorfer, 1908: 59. = semilimbata
• Curetis sperthis javana Chapman, 1915: 99, pl. 10, fig. 50 genit. = semilimbata
• Curetis sperthis (Felder); Chapman, 1915: 99; Eliot, 1990: 223.

References

• Chapman, T., 1915. An analysis of the species of the genus Curetis, chiefly based on an examination of the specimens in the Zoological Museum, Tring. Novit. zool. 22: 80–104, 17 pls. BHL. Reference page. 
• Distant, W.L. & Pryer, W.B. 1887. On the Rhopalocera of Northern Borneo, Parts I & II. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5(19): 41–56; 264–275. Reference page. 
• Eliot, J. N. 1990. Notes on the Genus Curetis Hübner (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Tyô to Ga 41(4): 201–225. PDF Reference page. 
• Felder, C. & Felder, R. 1865–75. Lepidoptera. In Reise der Österreichischen 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. Text. Plates. Reference page. 
• Fruhstorfer, H., 1908. Neue Curetis und uebersicht der bekannten Arten. Stettiner entomologische Zeitung 69: 49–59. BHL. Reference page.