Allotinus fabius

Angled darkie
Museum specimen from Malaya
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Allotinus
Species:
A. fabius
Binomial name
Allotinus fabius
(Distant & Pryer, 1887)

Allotinus fabius, the angled darkie, is a small butterfly found in India, Myanmar and South East Asia that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

Range

Naga Hills, Myanmar, Borneo and Philippines. Nagas to Karens. Malaya

Status

Very rare.

See also

Cited references

  1. 1 2 "Page on Markku Savela's site for genus Allotinus (Lycaenidae)". Archived from the original on 2007-01-06. Retrieved 2007-01-01.
  2. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Allotinus fabius​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
  3. 1 2 3 Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 212, ser no H6.6.

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