Allotinus horsfieldi permagnus Fruhstorfer, 1913

Allotinus horsfieldi permagnus ♂ Up. Allotinus horsfieldi permagnus ♂ Un. Allotinus horsfieldi permagnus ♀ Up. Allotinus horsfieldi permagnus ♀ Un.
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♀, Yala, Thailand.
Allotinus horsfieldi permagnus ♂ Up. Allotinus horsfieldi permagnus ♂ Un. Allotinus horsfieldi permagnus ♀ Up. Allotinus horsfieldi permagnus ♀ Un.
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♀, Yala, Thailand.
Allotinus horsfieldi permagnus ♂ genitalia Allotinus horsfieldi permagnus ♂ genitalia
♂ genitalia, Yala, Thailand.

Allotinus horsfieldi permagnus ♂ Up. Allotinus horsfieldi permagnus ♂ Un. Allotinus horsfieldi permagnus ♀ Up. Allotinus horsfieldi permagnus ♀ Un.
♂, Chanthaburi, Thailand. ♀, Chanthaburi, Thailand.

ON : Allotinus horsfieldi permagnus Fruhstorfer, 1913
OD : Z. wiss. InsektBiol. 9(11): 344.
TL : 'West-Sumatra; Nord-Ost-Sumatra' [Sumatra]. (NHML)
Distribution : S.E. & P.Thailand, Langkawi, W.Malaysia, Tioman, {Singapore}, Borneo, Sumatra, Bangka, Batu.
Allotinus horsfieldi permagnus map

Synonym

Allotinus horsfieldi permagnus forma infumata Fruhstorfer, 1913; Z. wiss. InsektBiol. 9(11): 344; Loc: "Sumatra" [N.Oekor, Sumatra]. (NHML) (IFS)
Allotinus horsfieldi nessus Corbet, 1939; Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 89(5): 72–73; TL: Perak, Malay Peninsula. (NHML)


Type Materials Information

permagnus ; Lectotype ♂, W. Sumatra. designated by Eliot, 1985 (NHML) ; Paralectotype ♀, Battak Montes, Sumatra. designated by Eliot, 1985 (NHML)
infumata ; Lectotype ♀, N. Oekor, Sumatra. designated by Eliot, 1985 (NHML)
nessus ; Holotype ♂, Allotype ♀, Jan.-Feb.1890. Perak, Malay Peninsula. W.Doherty (NHML)


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Allotinus horsfieldi: Pendlebury,1923 : 43. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat: Khao Ram)
Allotinus horsfieldi nessus: Pinratana,1981 : 30, pl.5, fig.9,♂. (Yala)
Allotinus horsfieldi permagnus: Eliot,1986 : 34. (P)
Allotinus unicolor rekkia: Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : pl.247, figs.L40b♂,♂(Un). (partim)
Allotinus horsfieldi permagnus: Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 546, pl.247, figs.L41b♂,♂(Un),♀(Un). (Yala)
Allotinus unicolor unicolor: Ek-Amnuay,2012 : pl.253, figs.L64b♂,♂(Un). (partim)
Allotinus horsfieldi permagnus: Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 560, pl.253, figs.L65,♂,♂(Un)(Than To),♀(Un,right). (partim)
Allotinus horsfieldi permagnus: Kimura et al.,2014 : 40, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Thaleban; Than To WF.)
Allotinus corbeti: Küppers & Janikorn,2020 : 126, figs.Abb.L-053–054. (Phang Nga)
Allotinus horsfieldi permagnus: Sophonviwatkul et al.,2023– : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Yala) (accessed: 2023.04.28)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chanthaburi : 1♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Pattani : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Satun : 1♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 5♂ 10♀ (1♂ genitalia dissected).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is common in lowland primary forests (10–400 m a.s.l.) in the Peninsular region.
The male specimen from Chanthaburi, S.E. Thailand had lost its abdomen. Although I was not able to examine any genitalia, I tentatively treat it as this taxon. Further taxonomic study is needed.


Literature

Fruhstorfer, H, 1913. Uebersicht der Gerydinae und Diagnosen neuer oder verkannter Formen (Lep., Lyc).
Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Insektenbiologie, 9(11): 341–344. (15.Nov.1913)

Corbet, A.S, 1939. A Revision of the Malayan Species of Allotinus Felder and Felder (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae).
Transactions of the royal entomological Society of London, 89(5): 63–77, 1 pl, 23 figs.

Eliot, J.N, 1986. A review of the Miletini (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae).
Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology), 53(1): 1–105, 108 figs.


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