Allotinus unicolor

Allotinus unicolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Allotinus
Species:	A. unicolor
Binomial name
Allotinus unicolor C. & R. Felder, [1865] [1]
Synonyms
Allotinus aphochaKheil, 1884 Allotinus posidion myriandusFruhstorfer, 1913 Allotinus aphocha aphochaKheil; Fruhstorfer, 1913 Allotinus unicolor myriandusFruhstorfer; Corbet, 1939 Allotinus horsfieldi continentalisFruhstorfer, 1913 Allotinus posidion atacinusFruhstorfer, 1916 Allotinus unicolor atacinusFruhstorfer; Corbet, 1939 Allotinus continentalis continentalisFruhstorfer; Corbet, 1939 Allotinus continentalisFruhstorfer; Eliot, 1967 Allotinus posidion georgiusFruhstorfer, 1913 Allotinus unicolor leitusFruhstorfer, 1916 Paragerydus mooreiH. H. Druce, 1895 Allotinus paetus mooreiFruhstorfer, 1913 Allotinus aphocha rebilusFruhstorfer, 1913 Allotinus posidion posidionFruhstorfer, 1913 Allotinus posidion molionidesFruhstorfer, 1913 Allotinus posidion niceratusFruhstorfer, 1913 Allotinus unicolor enganicusFruhstorfer, 1913 Allotinus unicolor bajanusFruhstorfer, 1913 Allotinus aphocha enatheusFruhstorfer, 1913 Allotinus horsfieldii posidionFruhstorfer; Piepers & Snellen, 1918 Allotinus sukaPiepers & Snellen, 1918 (partim) Allotinus unicolorFelder; Piepers & Snellen, 1918 Allotinus unicolor posidionFruhstorfer; Corbet, 1939 Allotinus unicolor molionidesFruhstorfer; Corbet, 1939 Allotinus unicolor bajanusFruhstorfer; Corbet, 1939 Allotinus posidion rekkiaRiley & Godfrey, 1921 Allotinus unicolorC. & R. Felder, [1865] Allotinus posidion eurytanusFruhstorfer, 1913 Allotinus dilutusCorbet, 1939 Allotinus unicolor dilutusCorbet; Corbet, 1956 Allotinus aphocha zitemaFruhstorfer, 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

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. aphochaKheil, 1884 (Sumatra, Bangka, Batu, Mentawai, Nias)
• A. u. continentalisFruhstorfer, 1913 (Bangladesh and Assam to Burma and north-western Thailand)
• A. u. georgiusFruhstorfer, 1913 (Philippines: Bohol)
• A. u. moorei(H. H. Druce, 1895) (Borneo: Mount Kina Balu)
• A. u. posidionFruhstorfer, 1913 (Java, Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Engano)
• A. u. rekkiaRiley & Godfrey, 1921 (Burma, Thailand, Laos, possibly Vietnam)
• A. u. zitemaFruhstorfer, 1916 (Sulawesi, Sula)

References

1. Allotinus at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
2. 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 .