Curetis felderi Distant, 1884

Curetis felderi ♂ Up. Curetis felderi ♂ Un. Curetis felderi ♂ Up. Curetis felderi ♂ Un.
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♂, Yala, Thailand.

ON : Curetis felderi Distant, 1884
OD : Rhop. malayana: 203, pl.22, fig.26,♀ ; pl.24, fig.3,♂.
TL : 'Province Wellesley, Sungei Ujong, Malay Peninsula [Seberang Perai, Penang State, W.Malaysia]; Singapore'. (NHML)
Distribution : P.Thailand (Satun; Yala), W.Malaysia, Aur, Borneo, Sumatra.
Curetis felderi map

Synonym

Curetis santana gabrieli Corbet, 1937; Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B)6(12): 229; TL: Pahang, Malay Peninsula. (NHML)


Type Materials Information

gabrieli ;
Holotype ♂, 24.Mar.1929. Bentong Forest Reserve, Pahang, Malay Peninsula. A.S.Corbet (NHML)
Allotype ♀, Oct.1920. Negri Sembilan, Cape Rachado Lighthouse, Malay Peninsula. S.Harding (Selangor Museum)


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
'Curetis felderi: Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 554, pl.250, figs.L55,♂(Malaysia),♂(Un,Malaysia).'
'Curetis felderi: Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 568, pl.257, figs.L80,♂(Malaysia),♂(Un,Malaysia).'
Curetis felderi: Kimura et al.,2014 : 47, figs.♀,♀(Un). (Thung Wa)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Yala : 3♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally not uncommon in lowland forests (350–450 m a.s.l.). Males are frequently observed mud-puddling along stream banks and at puddles.


Literature

Distant, W.L, 1884. Rhopalocera Malayana: a Description of the Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula.
Author, care of West, Newman & Co., London, Part 7: 193–248.

Corbet, A.S, 1937. A revision of the Malayan species of Curetis Hübner (Lepidoptera-Lycaenidae).
Proceedings of the royal entomological Society of London (B), 6(12): 224–233.

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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