Curetis dentata denta  Evans, 1955

Curetis dentata dentata ♂ Up. Curetis dentata dentata ♂ Un. Curetis dentata dentata ♀ Up. Curetis dentata dentata ♀ Un.
♂, Vinh Phuc, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito) ♀, Vinh Phuc, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)
Curetis dentata dentata ♂ Up. Curetis dentata dentata ♂ Un. Curetis dentata dentata ♂ genitalia Curetis dentata dentata ♂ genitalia
♂, 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
Curetis dentata denta map

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


Specimens Examined

[ VIETNAM ]
Ha Giang : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Vinh Phuc : 3♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


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


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 Hübner (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae)
Trans. lepid. Soc. Japan 41(4):201-225.


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