♂, 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, 1954 OD : Entomologist. 87(11): 243. TL : "Canton" [Guangdong]. (NHML) Distribution : N.Vietnam, S.China. ● ssp.dentata ● ssp.denta

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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 ; Luong et al.,2004 : 9, 74, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Cuc Phuong)
Curetis acuta acuta ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 48. (N / C)

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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 tentatively follow Kimura and treat this taxon as dentata, as in the treatment of Evans (1954). Further taxonomic study is needed.

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 Hübner (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae).
Tyô to Ga 41(4): 201-225.

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