♂, 2016.04.26. Yala, Thailand. (photo by L.Day)

ON : Allotinus fabius arrius Fruhstorfer, 1914 OD : Z. wiss. InsektBiol. 10(1):22. TL : Montes Battak, Sumatra. (♂, NHML) Distribution : P.Thailand (Satun ; Yala), W.Malaysia, Sumatra.

Allotinus thalebanus Murayama & Kimura, 1990 : The Nature and Insects 25(2):24, figs.20(HT,♂),21(HT,♂Un). TL. Thaleban, Satun, P.Thailand. (♂, RIEB)

arrius ; Lectotype ♂, Montes Battak, Sumatra. (NHML)
thalebanus ; Holotype ♂, Feb.1989. Thaleban National Park, Satun, P.Thailand. (RIEB, examined)

[ THAILAND ]
Allotinus thalebanus ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 544, pl.246, figs.L35,♂(HT),♂(HT,Un). (Thale Ban)
Allotinus thalebanus ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 558, pl.252, figs.L60,♂(HT),♂(HT,Un). (Thale Ban)
Allotinus thalebanus ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 38, figs.♂(HT),♂(HT,Un). (Thalebahn)
Allotinus fabius arrius ; Saito & Inayoshi,2018 : 33, figs.53,♂,♂(Un),♂(Un),54,♀(Un). (Yala)

[ THAILAND ]
Yala : 1♂ 3♀ (incl.photo, photo by S.Atdhabhan & L.Day).
Betong dist. 2016.04.26. 1♂ L.Day (YI)

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The butterfly is uncommon in primary forest at moderate elevations (Alt.650m - 850m) and is more cautious than other species.
Hitherto taxon thalebanus is known only one male obtained in Satun, P.Thailand. We examined the type specimen, and consider it to be the variation of this species.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1914 : Uebersicht der Gerydinae und Diagnosen neuer oder verkannter Formen (Lep., Lyc).
Z. wiss. InsektBiol. 10(1):20-25, 10(2):59-63.

Eliot, J.N.,1986 : A review of the Miletini (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 53(1):1-105, 108 figs.

Murayama, S. & Kimura, Y.,1990 : Some new butterflies from Thailand.
The Nature and Insects 25(2):19-24.

♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by L.Day)	♀, 2016.04.09. Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan)
♀, Yala, Thailand. (photo by L.Day)	♀, Yala, Thailand.

Y.Inayoshi & K.Saito, 2016.08.31 - 2021.09.30.