Curetis acuta

Angled Sunbeam
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Curetis
Species:	Curetis acuta
Binomial name
Curetis acuta Moore, 1877
Synonyms
Curetus acuta (lapsus)

The Angled Sunbeam Curetis acuta^[1][2][3] is a species of butterfly belong to the lycaenid family. It is found in Asia.

Distribution

South India. Pachhmari. Mussoories to Dawnas.^[3] Assam, China, Hainan, Taiwan, Japan. Possibly North Burma and Indo China.^[1]

Cited references

1. ^ ^{a b} Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Curetis genus.
2. ^ Card for acuta in LepIndex. Accessed 07 Jul 2007.
3. ^ ^{a b} Evans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no H44.6, pp 254

See also

• Lycaenidae
• List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)

Curetis acuta from Seitz

References

• Beccaloni, G. W., Scoble, M. J., Robinson, G. S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/lepindex.
• Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India
• Haribal, Meena (1994) Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and their Natural History.
• Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera [1].
• Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.