Curetis

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Curetis
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Bright sunbeam
(Curetis bulis)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Curetinae
Distant, 1884
Genus: Curetis
Hübner, [1819]
Species

Several, see text

Synonyms

Curetus( lapsus )
PhaedraHorsfield, 1829
AnopsBoisduval, 1836

Curetis, the sunbeams, is a genus of gossamer-winged butterflies (Lycaenidae) from Southeast Asia. They are presently the only genus in the subfamily Curetinae.

Selected species