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.
Subspecies
- Curetis tagalica tagalica (Philippines)
- Curetis tagalica celebensis <small>(C. & R. Felder, [1865])</small> (Sulawesi)
- Curetis tagalica palawanica <small>Staudinger, 1889</small> (Palawan, Balabac)
- Curetis tagalica hera <small>Fruhstorfer, 1900</small> (Nias)
- Curetis tagalica jopa <small>Fruhstorfer, 1908</small> (Borneo, Sumatra, Javan, Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand)
- Curetis tagalica talautensis <small>Chapman, 1915</small> (Talaud)
- Curetis tagalica brunnescens <small>Ribbe, 1926</small> (Sula, Bangka)
- Curetis tagalica labuana <small>Evans, 1954</small> (Labuan, Pulau Tioman, Natuna)
- Curetis tagalica takanamii <small>Schröder & Treadaway, 1989</small> (Sibutu)
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