Curetis tagalica, the southern sunbeam, is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family. It is found in Southeast Asia (Philippines, Celebes, Palawan, Balabac, Borneo, Sumatra, Javan, Peninsular Malaya and Thailand).It has very light red (more miniate) ground colour in which the costal margin is but narrowly bordered with black, the distal margin almost linearly so.Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175
Subspecies Curetis tagalica tagalica (Philippines) Curetis tagalica celebensis (C. & R. Felder, ) (Sulawesi) Curetis tagalica palawanica Staudinger, 1889 (Palawan, Balabac) Curetis tagalica hera Fruhstorfer, 1900 (Nias) Curetis tagalica jopa Fruhstorfer, 1908 (Borneo, Sumatra, Javan, Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand) Curetis tagalica talautensis Chapman, 1915 (Talaud) Curetis tagalica brunnescens Ribbe, 1926 (Sula, Bangka) Curetis tagalica labuana Evans, 1954 (Labuan, Pulau Tioman, Natuna) Curetis tagalica takanamii Schröder & Treadaway, 1989 (Sibutu)
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External links
"Curetis Hübner, " at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 6, 2017.