Allotinus fabius

Angled darkie
Museum specimen from Malaya
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Allotinus
Species: A. fabius
Binomial name
Allotinus fabius
(Distant & Pryer, 1887)

Allotinus fabius, the angled darkie, is a small butterfly found in India, Myanmar and South East Asia[1][2][3] that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

Range

Naga Hills, Myanmar, Borneo and Philippines.[1] Nagas to Karens.[3] Malaya

Status

Very rare.[3]

See also

Cited references

  1. 1 2 Page on Markku Savela's site for genus Allotinus (Lycaenidae).
  2. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Allotinus fabius". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
  3. 1 2 3 Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 212, ser no H6.6.

References

Print

  • Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
  • Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.

Online

  • Beccaloni, George; Scoble, Malcolm; Kitching, Ian; Simonsen, Thomas; Robinson, Gaden; Pitkin, Brian; Hine, Adrian; Lyal, Chris. "The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex)". Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
  • "Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera".


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