Curetis thetis
Curetis thetis

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
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 thetis

Name

Curetis thetis (Drury, 1773.)

Type locality: "Bombay".

Holotype: tbc.

Synonymy

  • Papilio thetis Drury, 1773: 16, pl.9, figs 3,4 ♀, name in index; Cramer, [1779]: 77 ♀. pl.238D.
  • Papilio cinyra Cramer, [1779]: 76 ♂, pl.238C.
  • Papilio thetys [sic] Drury; Fabricius, 1781: 125.
  • Hesperia aesopus Fabricius, 1781: 125.
  • Hesperia phaedrus Fabricius, 1781: 125.
  • Polyommatus phaedrus (Fabricius); Godart, [1824]: 675.
  • Phaedra terricola Horsfield, [1829]: 124.
  • Anops thetys [sic] Moore, [1858]: 52.
  • Curetis arcuata Moore, [1884]: 523, pl.48, fig.3.
  • Curetis phaedrus (Fabricius); Chapman, 1915: 88.
  • Curetis thetis (Drury); Fruhstorfer, 1908: 49; Chapman, 1915: 84; Eliot, 1990: 222.

synonyms listed by Eliot, 1990: 222.

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. 
  • Drury, D. 1770–1782. Illustrations of Natural History London, White. Vol.l (1770): xxviii+130+[2]pp, 50+1 pls, 4 figs; Vol.2 (1773): vii+90pp, 50 pls; Vol.3 (1782): vii+76pp, 50 pls. Vol.1; Vol.2; Vol.3. Reference page. 
  • Eliot, J. N. 1990. Notes on the Genus Curetis Hübner (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Tyô to Ga 41(4): 201–225. PDF Reference page. 
  • Fabricius, J.C. 1781. Species insectorum; exhibentes eorum differentias specificas, synonyma, auctorum, loca natalia, metamorphosin ediectis observationibus, descriptionibus. Carol. Ernest. Bohnii, Hamburgi et Kilonii Vol.2: 517 pp. BHL Reference page. 
  • Fruhstorfer, H., 1908. Neue Curetis und uebersicht der bekannten Arten. Stettiner entomologische Zeitung 69: 49–59. BHL. Reference page. 
  • Godart, J. B. 1819–1824. In Latreille & Godart, Encyclopedie méthodique. Histoire naturelle des Crustacés, des Arachnides et des Insectes 9 (article Papillons) (1): 1–328; (2): 329-828. Paris. Reference page. 
  • Horsfield, T. 1828–1829. A descriptive catalogue of the lepidopterous insects in the museum of the Honourable East India Company. 144 pp., 8 pls. London. BHL text, plates. Reference page. 
  • Moore, F., [1884]. Descriptions of new Asiatic diurnal Lepidoptera. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883(4): 521–535, 2 pls. text, plates. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Indian Sunbeam
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