Allotinus unicolor continentalis

Allotinus unicolor continentalis Fruhstorfer, 1913


♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♀, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.

♂, Tak, Thailand.		♀, Tak, Thailand.

♂ (dsf), Tak, Thailand.		♀ (dsf), Mae Hong Son, Thailand.

♀ (dsf), Mae Hong Son, Thailand.		♀, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand.

ON : Allotinus horsfieldi continentalis Fruhstorfer, 1913
OD : Z. wiss. InsektBiol. 9(11):344.
TL : Bhamo, Ober-birma. (♂)

Distribution : Assam, Myanmar, N. & W.Thailand,
W.Yunnan.

	● ssp.continentalis
	● ssp.rekkia
	● ssp.unicolor

Synonym

Allotinus posidion atacinus Fruhstorfer, [1916] : in Seitz, Gross-Schmett Erde 9:811. TL. Burma. (♀, NHML)

Type Material Information

atacinus ; Holotype ♀, Burma. (NHML)

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Allotinus posidion atacinus ; Godfrey,1930 : 313. (W: Klong Klung)
Allotinus unicolor continentalis ; Eliot,1986 : 48. (NW)
Allotinus unicolor rekkia ; Katsuyama et al.,2005 : 65, fig.65,♂. (Umphang: Umphang; Tha-Sai)
Allotinus unicolor unicolor ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 546, pl.247, figs.L40a♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Umphang)
Allotinus horsfieldi nessus ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : pl.247, figs.L41a♂,♂(Un). (in part)
Allotinus unicolor rekkia ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 560, pl.253, figs.L64a♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Umphang)
Allotinus horsfieldi permagnus ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : pl.253, fig.L65,♂. (in part)
Allotinus unicolor rekkia ; Okamoto et al.,2013 : 6. (Kanchanaburi: Mae Klong Station)
Allotinus unicolor continentalis ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 40, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Muang Ngai; Doi Musso)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 3♂ 9♀ (incl. photo).

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Chiang Mai : 2♂ 3♀ (incl. photo).

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Kanchanaburi : 2♂ 2♀ (incl. photo).

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Tak : 4♂ 2♀.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Prachuap Khiri Khan : 1♀.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Notes

The butterfliy is locally common in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 450 - 1200m). Males are territorial on shrubs at forest edges.
A female specimen from Prachuap Khiri Khan seems to be ssp.continentalis rather than ssp.unicolor. I tentatively treat it as this taxon. However, confirmation by a male specimen is needed.

Literature

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.

Fruhstorfer, H.,[1916] : 8. Familie: Lycaenidae, 2. Subfamilie: Gerydinae in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9.
809-816. (16.Dec.1916)

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


♂ (dsf), Kanchanaburi, Thailand.	♀ (dsf), Kanchanaburi, Thailand.

♂ (dsf), Mae Hong Son, Thailand.	♀ (dsf), Mae Hong Son, Thailand.

2016.08.31 - 2021.09.30.