Allotinus drumila drumila (Moore, [1866]) (Great Darkie)

Bhowmik, Suman, 2021, Fifty-one new additions to the butterfly (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) fauna of Tripura, North-east India, Revista Chilena de Entomología (Rev. Chil. Entomol.) 47 (1), pp. 35-60 : 47

20. Allotinus drumila drumila (Moore, [1866]) (Great Darkie)

Remarks. This species is legally protected under schedule I of the Indian Wildlife (Protected) Act, 1972 ( Anonymous 1997). One individual was recorded perching on bushes in Jampui Hills (23°59’17” N & 92°16’46” E, ca. 350 m above msl.), on 06.xi.2019. Recently in October 2020 eight individuals were sighted at Betlingchhip in Jampui Hills. The species is quite rare in the state.

Current known distribution. Bangladesh, India (Uttarakhand, Northeast India) ( Van Gasse 2013; Varshney & Smetacek 2015).