Allotinus sarrastes Fruhstorfer, 1913

Allotinus sarrastes ♂ Up. Allotinus sarrastes ♂ Un. Allotinus sarrastes ♀ Up. Allotinus sarrastes ♀ Un.
♂, Satun, Thailand. ♀, Satun, Thailand.
Allotinus sarrastes ♂ Up. Allotinus sarrastes ♂ Un. Allotinus sarrastes ♀ Up. Allotinus sarrastes ♀ Un.
♂, Ranong, Thailand. ♀, Yala, Thailand.
Allotinus sarrastes ♀ Up. Allotinus sarrastes ♀ Un. Allotinus sarrastes ♀ Up. Allotinus sarrastes ♀ Un.
♀, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. ♀, Surat Thani (Koh Phangan dist.), Thailand.

ON : Allotinus taras sarrastes Fruhstorfer, 1913
OD : Z. wiss. InsektBiol. 9(12):370.
TL : "Nord-Borneo" [Kina Balu, N.Borneo]. (NHML)
Distribution : Myanmar, P.Thailand (Ranong and Southward),
Langkawi, W.Malaysia, Borneo, Karimata, Sumatra, Sipora,
Java, Minadanao.
Allotinus sarrastes map

Synonyms
(--- The taxon marked with an asterisk is cited from other literature and I have not been able to confirm the original description.)

∗ "Allotinus porriginosus Toxopeus, 1932 : Versl. Afd. Ned. Ost.-Ind. ned. ent. Ver. 1(3):lxxvii. TL. W. Java." (Cited from Eliot, 1986)
Allotinus taras mendava Riley, [1945] : Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 94(2):253, pl.2, figs.30,31. TL. Sipora. (NHML)
Type Materials Information

sarrastes ; Lectotype ♂, Kina Balu. designated by Eliot, 1985 (NHML) ; Paralectotype ♀, Brunei, Nord-Borneo. designated by Eliot, 1985 (NHML)
mendava ; Holotype ♂, Sipora, Mentawai Is. (NHML)


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Allotinus taras sarastes [sic] ; Pinratana,1981 : 32. (Trang; Phuket)
Allotinus sarastes ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 546, pl.246, figs.L36,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Trang; Ranong)
Allotinus portunus maitus ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 546, pl.247, figs.L37,♀,♀(Un). (Khao Chong)
Allotinus horsfieldi nessus ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : pl.247, fig.L41a,♀(Un). (in part)
Allotinus sarrastes ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 558, pl.252, figs.L61,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Trang; Ranong)
Allotinus horsfieldi permagnus ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : pl.253, figs.L65,♀(Un,left). (in part)
Allotinus sarrastes ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 39, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Khlong Naka; Kam Puan; Kao Luang; Thabebahn; Than To WF.)
Allotinus horsfieldi permagnus ; Küppers & Janikorn,2020 : 127, figs.Abb.L-050. (Phang Nga)
Allotinus sarrastes ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2021- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Yala) (accessed: 2021.04.17)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 3♂ 2♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Surat Thani (Koh Phangan dist.) : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Krabi : 1♂ (photo by A.Giudici).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nakhon Si Thammarat : 1♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Satun : 2♂ 2♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 4♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is common in primary forests at low elevations. (Alt. 30 - 400m).


Literature

Fruhstorfer, H.,1913 : Uebersicht der Gerydinae und Diagnosen neuer oder verkannter Formen (Lep., Lyc).
Z. wiss. InsektBiol. 9(12):367-371. (15.Dec.1913)

Riley, N.D.,[1945] : Spolia Mentawiensia: Rhopalocera, Lycaenidae and Riodinidae.
Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 94(2):247-271, 2 pls.

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


Allotinus sarrastes ♂ Allotinus sarrastes ♂
♂, Krabi, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici) ♂, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.

1999.07.24 - 2024.08.31.

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