Curetis sperthis

Curetis sperthis is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family. It is found in Southeast Asia (Burma, Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Langkawi, Singapore, Pulau Tioman, Sumatra, Java and Borneo).^[2]

Curetis sperthis
Curetis sperthis sperthis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Curetis
Species:	C. sperthis
Binomial name
Curetis sperthis C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865[1]
Synonyms
Anops sperthis C. & R. Felder, [1865] Curetis minima Distant & Pryer, 1887 Curetis malayica var. kiritana Doherty, 1891 Curetis felderi niasica Fruhstorfer, 1900 Curetis sanatana sanatana f. semilimbata Fruhstorfer, 1908 Curetis sanatana sanatana f. latipicta Fruhstorfer, 1908 Curetis javana Chapman, 1915 Curetis insularis baweana Fruhstorfer, 1908 Curetis tonkina metayei Inoue & Kawazoe, 1965

Subspecies

• Curetis sperthis sperthis (southern Burma, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Langkawi, Singapore, Pulau Tioman, Sumatra, Java, Borneo)
• Curetis sperthis kiritana Doherty, 1891 (Sumba, Sumbawa)
• Curetis sperthis niasica Fruhstorfer, 1900 (Nias)
• Curetis sperthis semilimbata Fruhstorfer, 1908 (Java)
• Curetis sperthis baweana Fruhstorfer, 1908 (Bawean)
• Curetis sperthis metayei Inoue & Kawazoe, 1965 (southern Vietnam)
• Curetis sperthis kawazoei Okubo, 1983 (Tioman)