Curetis venata

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Curetis venata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Curetis
Species:
C. venata
Binomial name
Curetis venata
Synonyms [1]
  • Curetis insularis venata Fruhstorfer, 1908
  • Curetis thetis venata

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]

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Description

All wings with a black longitudinal stripe at the cell apex, veins of both pairs of wings distinctly black-edged up to the middle of the wings, characteristics that are not repeated in any other Curetis. Hindwings completely black, forewings only with an obsolete yellowish median stripe.(Fruhstorfer, H., 1908. Neue Curetis und uebersicht der bekannten Arten. Stettiner entomologische Zeitung 69: 49–59)

Subspecies

Curetis venata has two known subspecies: [1]

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "Patria: Nord-Celebes 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀. Toli-Toli, Nov. Dez. 1895." [2]
  1. 1 2 3 4 Savela, Markku. "Curetis". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  2. 1 2 Fruhstorfer, Hans (1908). "Neue Curetis und Uebersicht der bekannten Arten". Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung (in German). 69 (1): 55. Retrieved 4 July 2018.


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