Allotinus fabius, the angled darkie, is a small butterfly found in India, Myanmar and South East Asia[1][2][3] that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
| Angled darkie | |
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| Museum specimen from Malaya | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Allotinus |
| Species: | A. fabius
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| Binomial name | |
| Allotinus fabius (Distant & Pryer, 1887)
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Range
editNaga Hills, Myanmar, Borneo and Philippines.[1] Nagas to Karens.[3] Malaya
Status
editVery rare.[3]
See also
editCited references
edit- ^ a b "Page on Markku Savela's site for genus Allotinus (Lycaenidae)". Archived from the original on 2007-01-06. Retrieved 2007-01-01.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 212, ser no H6.6.
References
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- Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
- Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.
Online
- Beccaloni, George; Scoble, Malcolm; Kitching, Ian; Simonsen, Thomas; Robinson, Gaden; Pitkin, Brian; Hine, Adrian; Lyal, Chris. "The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex)". Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
- "Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera".