♂, Yala, Thailand.		♂, Ranong, Thailand.
♂, Yala, Thailand.		♂, Yala, Thailand.
♂, Ranong, Thailand.		♂ genitalia, Ranong, Thailand.

ON : Curetis insularis jopa Fruhstorfer, 1908 OD : Stett. ent. Ztg. 69: 53. TL : "Süd-Borneo" [Borneo]. (NHML) Distribution : P.Thailand (south of Ranong), Langkawi, W.Malaysia, {Singapore}, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Bali. ● ssp.jopa ● ssp.vietnamica

Curetis insularis insularis forma eda Fruhstorfer, 1908; Stett. ent. Ztg. 69: 54; Loc: Java. (NHML) (IFS)

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Curetis tagalica jopa: Pinratana,1981 : 154, pl.29, figs.10,♂,11,♀,12,♀(Un). (Ranong; Yala)
Curetis tagalica jopa: Seki,1986 : 22. (Ranong)
Curetis tagalica jopa: Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 554, pl.251, figs.L60,♂,♀,♀(Un). (Ranong)
Curetis tagalica jopa: Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 570, pl.258, figs.L85,♂,♀,♀(Un). (Ranong)
Curetis tagalica jopa: Kimura et al.,2014 : 45, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Than To WF.)
Curetis tagalica jopa: Sophonviwatkul et al.,2021– : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Yala) (accessed: 2023.05.20)

[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 2♂ (incl. photo by A.Giudici).

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The butterfly is locally common in lowland forests (50–450 m a.s.l.). Males are frequently observed mud-puddling along stream banks and at puddles.

Fruhstorfer, H, 1908. Neue Curetis und Uebersicht der bekannten Arten.
Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 69: 49–59. (Jan.1908)

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.

♂, Ranong, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

1999.05.24 - 2023.05.31.