Curetis saronis, the Burmese sunbeam or Saronis sunbeam,[1][2][3] is a species of butterfly belong to the lycaenid family. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.
| Burmese sunbeam | |
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| Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1883, plate XLVIII fig.1 | |
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| Curetis saronis indosinica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Curetis |
| Species: | C. saronis
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| Binomial name | |
| Curetis saronis Moore, 1877
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Distribution edit
Eastern India. Assam. Sylhet to Myanmar (ssp.gloriosa Moore, [1884]), Thailand (ssp. indosinica Fruhstorfer, 1908), Indochina. Sumatra (ssp. sumatrana Corbet, 1937), Singapore. Pulau Rumbia.[1] Subspecies are described from the Nicobar Islands'
Cited references edit
- ^ a b Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Curetis.
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Curetis saronis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
- ^ Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 253, ser no H44.2.
See also edit
References edit
- Beccaloni, George; Scoble, Malcolm; Kitching, Ian; Simonsen, Thomas; Robinson, Gaden; Pitkin, Brian; Hine, Adrian; Lyal, Chris. "The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex)". Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
- Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
- Haribal, Meena (1992). The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History. Gangtok, Sikkim, India: Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation.
- "Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera".
- Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.
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