''Curetis venata'' is a species of
butterfly in the
lycaenid
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfl ...
subfamily
Curetinae.
It was described by
Hans Fruhstorfer in 1908 as subspecies of ''
Curetis insularis''.
Its
type locality
Type locality may refer to:
* Type locality (biology)
* Type locality (geology)
See also
* Local (disambiguation)
* Locality (disambiguation)
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is on
Sulawesi
Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's eleventh-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Mindanao and the Sulu Ar ...
, Indonesia. Subspecies ''Curetis venata saleyerensis'' is known from
Selayar Island.
Subspecies
''Curetis venata'' has two known subspecies:
Notes and references
Curetis
Butterflies of Indonesia
Butterflies described in 1908
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