Allotinus corbeti Eliot, 1956


ON : Allotinus corbeti Eliot, 1956
OD : Bull. Raffles Mus. 27: 34.
TL : Lombong, S.E.Johore, Malaya. (NHML)
Distribution : P.Thailand (South from Ranong), W.Malaysia, {Singapore}, Borneo, Sumatra, Mindanao.
Allotinus corbeti map


Type Materials Information

Holotype ♂, Rh.15973, 3.Jul.1938. Lombong, S.E.Johore, Malaya. J.N.Eliot (NHML, photo examined.) ; G. M. van der Poorten & N. E. van der Poorten,2020 : pl.73, figs.13,♂,♂(Un).
Allotype ♀, Rh.15974, 8.May.1938. Lombong, S.E.Johore, Malaya. J.N.Eliot (NHML, photo examined.) ; G. M. van der Poorten & N. E. van der Poorten,2020 : pl.73, figs.13,♀,♀(Un).


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Allotinus felderi corbeti ; Pinratana,1981 : 31, not fig. (Phuket; Narathiwat; Yala)
Allotinus corbeti ; Eliot,1986 : 45. (P)
Allotinus corbeti ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 548, pl.248, figs.L43,♀,♀(Un). (Kampuan)
Allotinus corbeti ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 562, pl.254, figs.L67,♀,♀(Un). (Kampuan)
Allotinus corbeti ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 41, figs.♀,♀(Un). (Kam Puan; Ka Chong) (in part)


Notes

The butterfly is uncommon in montane forests at low elevations (Alt. 30 - 100m).


Literature

Eliot, J.N.,1956 : New and little known Rhopalocera from the Oriental Region.
Bull. Raffles Mus. 27: 32-38, 3 figs.

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

van der Poorten, G.M. & van der Poorten, N.E.,2020 : In: Corbet & Pendlebury. The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula, edn. 5.
Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.

Saito, K. & Inayoshi, Y.,2026 : Description of two new species and two new subspecies of Lycaenidae from Thailand.
Butterflies 98: 20-32.


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