Allotinus unicolor unicolor  Felder & Felder, [1865]

Allotinus unicolor unicolor ♂ Up. Allotinus unicolor unicolor ♂ Un. Allotinus unicolor unicolor ♀ Up. Allotinus unicolor unicolor ♀ Un.
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♀, Yala, Thailand.
Allotinus unicolor unicolor ♂ Up. Allotinus unicolor unicolor ♂ Un. Allotinus unicolor unicolor ♀ Up. Allotinus unicolor unicolor ♀ Un.
♂, Ranong, Thailand. ♀, Ranong, Thailand.
Allotinus unicolor unicolor ♂ Up. Allotinus unicolor unicolor ♂ Un. Allotinus unicolor unicolor ♂ Up. Allotinus unicolor unicolor ♂ Un.
♂, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. ♂, Ranong, Thailand.

ON : Allotinus unicolor Felder & Felder, [1865]
OD : Reise Fregatte Novara, Lep. Rhop. (2):286-287.
TL : Singapore. (♀, NHML)
Distribution : S.Myanmar, P.Thailand (Ranong and Southward),
Langkawi, W.Malaysia, Tioman, Singapore, Borneo, Karimata,
Lingga, Natuna.
● ssp.continentalis
ssp.rekkia
ssp.unicolor
Allotinus unicolor unicolor map

Synonyms

Paragerydus moorei H.H.Druce, 1895 : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895(3):562, pl.31, figs.5.♂,6,♀. TL. Kina Balu, Borneo.
Allotinus posidion eurytanus Fruhstorfer, 1913 : Z. wiss. InsektBiol. 9(12):368. TL. Sintang, West-Borneo. (♂, NHML)
Allotinus aphocha rebilus Fruhstorfer, 1913 : Z. wiss. InsektBiol. 9(12):370. TL. Nord-Borneo. (NHML)
Allotinus dilutus Corbet, 1939 : Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 89(5):70. TL. Selangor, Kanching, Malay Pen. (♂, NHML)


Type Materials Information

unicolor ; Holotype ♀, Singapore. (NHML)
eutytanus ; Lectotype ♂, 19.Apr.10. Sintang, Borneo (NHML)
dilutus ; Holotype ♂, Allotype ♀, 21.Sep.1930. Selangor, Kanching, West Malaysia. A.S.Corbet (NHML)


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Allotinus unicolor unicolor ; Pinratana,1981 : 30, pl.4, fig.23,♂(Un) ; pl.5, figs.5,♂,6,♀ ; pl.35, figs,26,♂,27,♂(Un). (Phuket; Trang; Phangna; Yala; Nakhon Sri Thammarat)
Allotinus unicolor rekkia ; Pinratana,1981 : 30, pl.5, figs.7,♀,8,♀(Un). (Nakhon Sri Thammarat)
Allotinus unicolor unicolor ; Eliot,1986 : 48. (Thailand)
Allotinus unicolor rekkia ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 546, pl.247, figs.L40b♀,♀(Un). (in part)
Allotinus leogoron leogoron ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : pl.248, figs.L42,♀,♀(Un) (in part).
Allotinus unicolor unicolor ; Les Day,2011-2022 : Samui Butterflies, figs.♂(Un),♀(Un). (Koh Samui) (accessed: 2021.09.28)
Allotinus unicolor unicolor ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 560, pl.253, figs.L64b♀,♀(Un) (in part)
Allotinus leogoron leogoron ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : pl.254, figs.L66,♀,♀(Un) (in part).
Allotinus unicolor unicolor ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 40, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Ranong Hot Spring; Kam Puan; Key Rap Nam; Kao Luang; Ka Chong; Sai Kao WF; Than To WF.)
'Allotinus davidis ; Küppers & Janikorn,2020 : 126-127, fig.Abb.L-049,[probably this taxon, at least not davidis]. (Phang Nga)'
Allotinus leogoron leogoron ; Küppers & Janikorn,2020 : 127-128, figs.Abb.L-051-052. (Phang Nga)
Allotinus unicolor unicolor ; Küppers & Janikorn,2020 : 128-129, figs.Abb.L-047-048. (Phang Nga)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 3♂ 4♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

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

Nakhon Si Thammarat : 2♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Trang : 1♂ 2♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Pattani : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 2♂ 6♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfliy is common in montane forests at low elevations (Alt. 30 - 450m). Males are territorial on shrubs at forest edges.


Literature

Felder, C. & Felder, R.,1865-1875 :
Rhopalocera. In Reise der Osterreichischen Fregatte "Novara" um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen Commodore B. von Wullerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band:
Abtheilung. Wien : vi + 548 + [1] pp in 5 parts, 140 pls.

Druce, H.H.,1895 : A Monograph of the Bornean Lycaenidae.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895(3):556-627, pls.31-34.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1913 : Uebersicht der Gerydinae und Diagnosen neuer oder verkannter Formen (Lep., Lyc).
Z. wiss. InsektBiol. 9(8/9):242-247, 9(10):307-310, 9(11):341-344, 9(12):367-371.

Corbet, A.S.,1939 : A Revision of the Malayan Species of Allotinus Felder and Felder (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae).
Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 89(5):63-77, 1 pl, 23 figs.

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


Allotinus unicolor unicolor ♀ Allotinus unicolor unicolor ♀
♀, Yala, Thailand. ♀, Yala, Thailand.

1999.07.24 - 2023.09.30.

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