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Sunbeam Butterflies
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Sunbeam Butterflies

Curetis

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

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18 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Angled Sunbeam

speciesCuretis acuta

Indian Sunbeam

speciesCuretis thetis

Sumatran Sunbeam

speciesCuretis saronis

Malayan Sunbeam

speciesCuretis santana

Bright Sunbeam

speciesCuretis bulis

Southern Sunbeam

speciesCuretis tagalica

Shiva Sunbeam

speciesCuretis siva

Narrow-banded Sunbeam

speciesCuretis insularis

Curetis brunnea

speciesCuretis brunnea

Curetis freda

speciesCuretis freda

White-beaked Sunbeam

speciesCuretis felderi

Regular Sunbeam

speciesCuretis regula

Rounded Sunbeam

speciesCuretis sperthis

Curetis barsine

speciesCuretis barsine

Curetis venata

speciesCuretis venata

Curetis nesophila

speciesCuretis nesophila

Curetis tonkina

speciesCuretis tonkina

Curetis naga

speciesCuretis naga

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 246105.