Blue darkie | |
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Museum specimen from Malaya | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Allotinus |
Species: | A. subviolaceus
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Binomial name | |
Allotinus subviolaceus |
Allotinus subviolaceus, the blue darkie,[1] is a small butterfly found in South East Asia[2] that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. The species was first described by Cajetan Felder and Rudolf Felder in 1865.