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The bright sunbeam ''Curetis bulis'' is a species of butterfly belong to the lycaenid family. It is found in Asia. ==Description== ;Male Male Upperside, fore wing: velvety black, an elongate broad medial patch dark orange-red, tbat extends from base outwards for about three-fourths the length of the wing and fills the area from vein 1 to the middle of the cell; in some specimens diffusely, spread below vein 1 near base, but there shaded with dusky black; the outer margin of this red patch unevenly rounded. Hind wing : brownish black, a large orange-red spot above vein 3 to near apex, inwardly extended into the cell to near the base of the wing and posteriorly diffuse below vein 3, but in the cell thickly overlaid with dusky-black scaling and posteriorly shaded with long brown hairs that in certain lights take a golden tint; above the cell extended from the base of the wing to the inner margin of the orange spot is a prominent broad streak of a shade darker than the ground-colour ; abdominal fold pale pinkish brown. Underside: silvery white with sparsely scattered minute black dots. Fore wing: a discal and inner subterminal series of very indistinct somewhat lunular black markings that form broken anteriorly convergent bands, which are continued over the hind wing to the tornus ; beyond these, on both fore and hind wings, succeeds an outer subterminal series of minute black dots, in most specimens very indistinct. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen dark brown; sides of the abdomen golden brown; beneath: palpi, thorax and abdomen white. ;Female Female upperside: more or less as in the male, but the dark orange-red medial patches replaced by white and much larger. On the fore wing this white patch extends above the cell, the discocellulars closing which are prominently marked by a black tooth, and posteriorly it reaches the dorsal margin. On the hind wing the white patch is very large and in some specimens very diffuse. Both fore and hind wings are shaded at the base by dusky scales and in many specimens the markings of the underside are plainly visible by transparency; the broad black streak above the cell on the hind wing is present in some, absent in other specimens. Underside: ground-colour and markings as in the male, but much more prominent. 〔Bingham, C. T. 1907. Fauna of British India. Butterflies. Volume 2〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Curetis bulis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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