Biology:Allotinus unicolor

Short description: Species of butterfly

Allotinus unicolor
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Allotinus
Species:	A. unicolor
Binomial name
Allotinus unicolor C. & R. Felder, [1865]
Synonyms
Allotinus aphocha Kheil, 1884 Allotinus posidion myriandus Fruhstorfer, 1913 Allotinus aphocha aphocha Kheil; Fruhstorfer, 1913 Allotinus unicolor myriandus Fruhstorfer; Corbet, 1939 Allotinus horsfieldi continentalis Fruhstorfer, 1913 Allotinus posidion atacinus Fruhstorfer, 1916 Allotinus unicolor atacinus Fruhstorfer; Corbet, 1939 Allotinus continentalis continentalis Fruhstorfer; Corbet, 1939 Allotinus continentalis Fruhstorfer; Eliot, 1967 Allotinus posidion georgius Fruhstorfer, 1913 Allotinus unicolor leitus Fruhstorfer, 1916 Paragerydus moorei H. H. Druce, 1895 Allotinus paetus moorei Fruhstorfer, 1913 Allotinus aphocha rebilus Fruhstorfer, 1913 Allotinus posidion posidion Fruhstorfer, 1913 Allotinus posidion molionides Fruhstorfer, 1913 Allotinus posidion niceratus Fruhstorfer, 1913 Allotinus unicolor enganicus Fruhstorfer, 1913 Allotinus unicolor bajanus Fruhstorfer, 1913 Allotinus aphocha enatheus Fruhstorfer, 1913 Allotinus horsfieldii posidion Fruhstorfer; Piepers & Snellen, 1918 Allotinus suka Piepers & Snellen, 1918 (partim) Allotinus unicolor Felder; Piepers & Snellen, 1918 Allotinus unicolor posidion Fruhstorfer; Corbet, 1939 Allotinus unicolor molionides Fruhstorfer; Corbet, 1939 Allotinus unicolor bajanus Fruhstorfer; Corbet, 1939 Allotinus posidion rekkia Riley & Godfrey, 1921 Allotinus unicolor C. & R. Felder, [1865] Allotinus posidion eurytanus Fruhstorfer, 1913 Allotinus dilutus Corbet, 1939 Allotinus unicolor dilutus Corbet; Corbet, 1956 Allotinus aphocha zitema Fruhstorfer, 1916

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.

A. u. zitema

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

Wikidata ☰ Q4733208 entry