Curetis sperthis

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 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 Osterreichischen 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.

Curetis sperthis is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family. It is found in Southeast Asia (Burma, Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Langkawi, Singapore, Pulau Tioman, Sumatra, Java and Borneo).[2]
Subspecies

Curetis sperthis sperthis (southern Burma, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Langkawi, Singapore, Pulau Tioman, Sumatra, Java, Borneo)
Curetis sperthis kiritana Doherty, 1891 (Sumba, Sumbawa)
Curetis sperthis niasica Fruhstorfer, 1900 (Nias)
Curetis sperthis semilimbata Fruhstorfer, 1908 (Java)
Curetis sperthis baweana Fruhstorfer, 1908 (Bawean)
Curetis sperthis metayei Inoue & Kawazoe, 1965 (southern Vietnam)
Curetis sperthis kawazoei Okubo, 1983 (Tioman)

References

Felder, C. & Felder, R. 1865–75. Rhopalocera. In Reise der Osterreichischen 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.
Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175