{{Short description|Butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae}} {{Redirect|Sunbeams|other uses|Sunbeam (disambiguation)}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = VB 062 Bright Sunbeam UP.jpg | image_caption = Bright sunbeam<br/>(''Curetis bulis'') | parent_authority = Distant, 1884 | taxon = Curetis | authority = Hübner, [1819] | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = Several, see text | synonyms = ''Curetus'' <small>(''lapsus'')</small><br /> ''Phaedra'' <small>Horsfield, 1829</small><br /> ''Anops'' <small>Boisduval, 1836</small> }}
'''''Curetis''''', the '''sunbeams''', is a genus of gossamer-winged butterflies (Lycaenidae) from Southeast Asia. They are presently the only genus in the subfamily '''Curetinae'''.
==Selected species== * ''Curetis acuta'' - angled sunbeam ** ''Curetis acuta formosana'' <small>Fruhstorfer, 1908</small> * ''Curetis brunnea'' <small>Wileman, 1909</small> * ''Curetis barsine'' <small>Felder, 1860</small> * ''Curetis bulis'' - bright sunbeam * ''Curetis dentata'' - toothed sunbeam * ''Curetis discalis'' <small>Moore, 1879</small> * ''Curetis felderi'' <small>Distant, 1884</small> * ''Curetis freda'' <small>Eliot, 1959</small> * ''Curetis honesta'' <small>Fruhstorfer, 1908</small> * ''Curetis insularis'' <small>(Horsfield, 1829)</small> * ''Curetis latipicta'' <small>Fruhstorfer, 1908</small> * ''Curetis minima'' <small>Distant & Pryer, 1887</small> * ''Curetis naga'' <small>Evans, 1954</small> * ''Curetis nesophila'' <small>C. & R. Felder, 1862</small> * ''Curetis nisias'' <small>Fruhstorfer, 1908</small> * ''Curetis regula''<!-- Journal of Tropical Ecology (2006) 22:25–33. doi:10.1017/S0266467405002750 --> * ''Curetis santana''<!-- Journal of Tropical Ecology (2006) 22:25–33. doi:10.1017/S0266467405002750 --> * ''Curetis saronis'' - Burmese sunbeam * ''Curetis semilimbata'' <small>Fruhstorfer, 1908</small> * ''Curetis siva'' - Shiva's sunbeam * ''Curetis sperthis'' <small>(C. & R. Felder, 1865)</small> * ''Curetis tagalica'' <small>(C. & R. Felder, 1862)</small> <!-- Journal of Tropical Ecology (2006) 22:25–33. doi:10.1017/S0266467405002750 --> * ''Curetis thetis'' - Indian sunbeam * ''Curetis tonkina'' <small>Evans, 1954</small> * ''Curetis venata'' <small>Fruhstorfer, 1908</small>
==External links== {{Commons category}} {{Wikispecies}} *[https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/curetinae/curetis/index.html ''Curetis''] at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera *[https://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=25554 Images representing ''Curetis''] at BOLD
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Category:Curetis Category:Lycaenidae genera Category:Taxa named by Jacob Hübner
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