Curetis saronis

Burmese sunbeam
Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1883, plate XLVIII fig.1
Curetis saronis indosinica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Curetis
Species:	C. saronis
Binomial name
Curetis saronis Moore, 1877

Curetis saronis, the Burmese sunbeam or Saronis sunbeam,[1][2][3] is a species of butterfly belong to the lycaenid family. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.

Distribution

Eastern India. Assam. Sylhet to Myanmar (ssp.gloriosa Moore, [1884]), Thailand (ssp. indosinica Fruhstorfer, 1908), Indochina. Sumatra (ssp. sumatrana Corbet, 1937), Singapore. Pulau Rumbia.[1] Subspecies are described from the Nicobar Islands'

Cited references

1. Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Curetis.
2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Curetis saronis​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
3. Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 253, ser no H44.2.

See also

• Lycaenidae
• List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)

References

• Beccaloni, George; Scoble, Malcolm; Kitching, Ian; Simonsen, Thomas; Robinson, Gaden; Pitkin, Brian; Hine, Adrian; Lyal, Chris. "The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex)". Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
• Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
• Haribal, Meena (1992). The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History. Gangtok, Sikkim, India: Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation.
• "Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera".
• Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.