Curetis thetis

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 Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola 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. 
• Cramer, P. 1775–1780. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in der drie Waereld-Deelen Asia, Afrika en America (etc). Amsterdam, Baalde & Utrecht, Parts 1–3. Pt.1 [1775]: xxx+16, 1–132, pls 1–84; [1776]: 133–156, pls 85–96; Pt.2 [1777]: 1–152, pls 97–192; Pt.3 [1779]: 1–104, pls 193–252; [1780]: 105–176, pls 253–288; Pt.4 [1780]: 1–246, pls 289–400. 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. 144pp., 4 pls., London. Reference page. 
• Moore, F., [1884]. Descriptions of new Asiatic diurnal Lepidoptera. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883(4): 521-535, 2 pls. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

বাংলা: ঝিনুকপলাশ
English: Indian Sunbeam

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