Allotinus horsfieldi, the common darkie, is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
Miletus is a genus of butterflies sometimes called brownies. Its species are found in the eastern Palearctic realm and the Indomalayan realm, and some stray east of the Wallace Line. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner around 1819. Miletus is the type genus of the subfamily Miletinae.
Allotinus is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The genus was erected by Cajetan Felder and Rudolf Felder in 1865. The members (species) of this genus are found in the Indomalayan realm.
Hans Fruhstorfer was a German explorer, insect and shell trader and entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera. He collected and described new species of exotic butterflies, especially in Adalbert Seitz's Macrolepidoptera of the World. He is best known for his work on the butterflies of Java.
Morpho rhetenor, the Rhetenor blue morpho, is a Neotropical butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela.
Allotinus fallax is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Asia.
Allotinus nicholsi is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by John Coney Moulton in 1912. It is found on Borneo and Sumatra.Hans Fruhstorfer in Seitz provides a description differentiating nicholsi from nearby taxa.
Allotinus portunus is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Lionel de Nicéville in 1894. It is found in Southeast Asia.
Allotinus sarrastes is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Hans Fruhstorfer in 1913. It is found in Myanmar, Thailand, Langkawi, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Karimata, Sumatra, Sipora, Java and Mindanao.
Allotinus apries is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Hans Fruhstorfer in 1913. It is found in Asia.
Allotinus leogoron is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Hans Fruhstorfer in 1915. It is found in Asia.
Allotinus macassarensis is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by William Jacob Holland in 1891. It is endemic to Sulawesi. Fruhstorfer in Seitz ( page 812 plate provides a description differentiating macassarensis from nearby taxa.
Allotinus paetus is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Lionel de Nicéville in 1895. It is found on Sumatra.Hans Fruhstorfer in Seitz provides a description differentiating paetus from nearby taxa.
Allotinus substrigosus is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1884. It is found in Asia.
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.
