Curetis dentata denta

Curetis dentata denta Evans,1955


♂, Vinh Phuc, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)		♀, Vinh Phuc, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)

♂, Vinh Phuc, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)		♂, Vinh Phuc, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)

ON : Curetis dentata denta Evans,1955
OD : Entomologist. 87:243.
TL : Canton. (♂, NHML)>
Distribution : N.Vietnam, S.China.

● ssp.dentata
● ssp.denta

Records taken from Literature

[ VIETNAM ]
Curetis acuta denta ; Eliot,1990 : 224, 207, figs.9,10a-c(♂,genitalia). (Tonkin)
Curetis acuta acuta ; Ikeda et al.,2001 : 55, figs.5:24,♂,25,♂(Un),7:43(♂genitalia). (Cuc Phuong)
Curetis acuta acuta ; Hao et al.,2004 : 9, 74, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Cuc Phuong)
Curetis acuta acuta ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 48. (N / C)

Specimens Examined

[ VIETNAM ]
Ha Giang : 1♂.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Vinh Phuc : 3♂ 1♀.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Notes
Eliot,1990 treated fortuatus as a nomen dubium. Then he treated denta as a subspecies of acuta and is intermediate race between acuta acuta and acuta dentata. Kimura et al.,2014 treated dentata as an independent species due to the differences of markings. I follow Kimura and treat this taxon as dentata provisionally, as in the treatment of Evans,1954. However further taxonomic study is needed for acuta complex.

Literature

Evans, W.H.,1954 : A Revision of the Genus Curetis. (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
Entomologist 87(9):190-194, (10):212-216, (11):241-247.

Eliot, J.N.,1990 : Notes on the Genus Curetis Hubner (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae)
Tyo to Ga 41(4):201-225.

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