Curetis venata

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 venata
Sub-Species: (2) per Eliot, 1990.
C. v. saleyerensis – C. v. venata
Name

Curetis venata Fruhstorfer, 1908.

Type locality: N. Sulawesi.

Holotype: BMNH: "Toli-Toli, Nov/Dec 1895".
Synonymy

Curetis insularis venata Fruhstorfer, 1908: 55.
Curetis venata Fruhstorfer; Eliot, 1990: 222.

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., 1908. Neue Curetis und uebersicht der bekannten Arten. Stettiner entomologische Zeitung 69: 49–59. BHL. Reference page.

Curetis venata is a species of butterfly in the lycaenid subfamily Curetinae.[1] It was described by Hans Fruhstorfer in 1908 as subspecies of Curetis insularis.[2] Its type locality is on Sulawesi, Indonesia.[a] Subspecies Curetis venata saleyerensis is known from Selayar Island.[1]
Subspecies

Curetis venata has two known subspecies:[1]

Curetis venata venata
Curetis venata saleyerensis Chapman, 1915

Notes and references

"Patria: Nord-Celebes 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀. Toli-Toli, Nov. Dez. 1895."[2]

Savela, Markku. "Curetis". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
Fruhstorfer, Hans (1908). "Neue Curetis und Uebersicht der bekannten Arten". Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung (in German). 69 (1): 55. Retrieved 4 July 2018.