Curetis brunnea

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
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 brunnea
Name

Curetis brunnea Wileman, 1909.

Type locality: Taiwan.

Holotype: tbc.
Synonymy

Curetis acuta brunnea (var.) Wileman, 1909: 88.
Curetis lucifluga Fruhstorfer, 1909: 121.
Curetis brunnea Wileman; Eliot, 1990: 224.

References

Eliot, J. N. 1990. Notes on the Genus Curetis Hübner (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Tyô to Ga 41(4): 201–225. PDF Reference page.
Fruhstorfer, H., 1909. Neue Rhopaloceren von Formosa. Societas entomologica 24(16): 121. BHL. Reference page.
Wileman, A., 1909. New and unrecorded species of Rhopalocera from Formosa. Annotationes zoologicae Japanenses 7(2): 69-104. BHL. Reference page.

Vernacular names
中文: 褐翅銀灰蝶

Curetis brunnea is a species of butterfly in the lycaenid subfamily Curetinae.[1] It was described by Alfred Ernest Wileman in 1909 as Curetis acuta var. brunnea.[2]
Distribution

The type locality of Curetis brunnea is on Taiwan.[1] The species is also distributed from the eastern coast of China to the Himalayas.[2]

Appearance

The species was described by Wileman as being almost entirely brown, with a faint red area that may be visible on the hindwings, and having an expanse of 46 to 48 mm.[2]
Notes and references

Savela, Markku. "Curetis". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
Wileman, A. E. (June 1909). "New and Unrecorded Species of Rhopalocera from Formosa". Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses. Tokyo Zoological Society. 7 (2): 88–89. Retrieved 5 July 2018.