Curetis freda, the parallel sunbeam, is a species of butterfly in the lycaenid subfamily Curetinae.[1] It was described by John Nevill Eliot in 1959.[2] Its type locality is the Malay Peninsula.[1] The species also occurs on Borneo and Sumatra,[1] and in the Yala Province of Thailand.[3]

Curetis freda
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Curetis
Species:
C. freda
Binomial name
Curetis freda
Eliot, 1959

References

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  1. ^ a b c Savela, Markku. "Curetis". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  2. ^ Eliot, J. N. (1959). "New or little known butterflies from Malaya". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). 7 (8): 377–378. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  3. ^ Inayoshi, I. "Curetis freda". A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China Chiefly from Thailand, Laos & Vietnam. Retrieved 3 July 2018.