Allotinus unicolor
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Allotinus |
| Species: | A. unicolor
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| Binomial name | |
| Allotinus unicolor | |
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Allotinus unicolor, the lesser darkie, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Cajetan and Rudolf Felder in 1865. It is found in Asia.
Seitz - A. unicolor. An insignificant, rare species which has hitherto been often confounded with allied species. Inferior in size to A. horsfieldi and posidion, differing from all the allies by the distinctly roundish forewings reminding us of A. aphocha Kheil. The hindwings of the female either entire, or in contrast with aphocha only with minute teeth. The sexual macula on the forewing above smaller than in posidion. Under surface white, but not so purely chalk-coloured as in paetus Nicev. Basal part and cell of both wings with thick, brown, little dashes. Both wings are, besides, distally from the cell, crossed by a remarkably pronounced series of brown spots being combined to a loose band. Uncus shorter, broader, dorsally less deeply indented than in A. aphocha.[2]
Subspecies
- A. u. unicolor (Burma, Thailand, Langkawi, Malay Peninsula, Tioman, Singapore, Borneo, Karimata, Lingga, Natuna)
- A. u. aphocha Kheil, 1884 (Sumatra, Bangka, Batu, Mentawai, Nias)
- A. u. continentalis Fruhstorfer, 1913 (Bangladesh and Assam to Burma and north-western Thailand)
- A. u. georgius Fruhstorfer, 1913 (Philippines: Bohol)
- A. u. moorei (H. H. Druce, 1895) (Borneo: Mount Kina Balu)
- A. u. posidion Fruhstorfer, 1913 (Java, Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Engano)
- A. u. rekkia Riley & Godfrey, 1921 (Burma, Thailand, Laos, possibly Vietnam)
- A. u. zitema Fruhstorfer, 1916 (Sulawesi, Sula)
References
- ^ Allotinus at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
- ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.