Charaxes marmax marmax  Westwood, [1847]

Charaxes marmax marmax ♂ Up. Charaxes marmax marmax ♂ Un. Charaxes marmax marmax ♀ Up. Charaxes marmax marmax ♀ Un.
♂, Chaiyaphum, Thailand. ♀, Chaiyaphum, Thailand.
Charaxes marmax marmax ♂ Up. Charaxes marmax marmax ♂ Un. Charaxes marmax marmax ♂ Up. Charaxes marmax marmax ♂ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♂, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
Charaxes marmax marmax ♂ genitalia Charaxes marmax marmax ♂ genitalia Charaxes marmax marmax ♂ genitalia Charaxes marmax marmax ♂ genitalia
♂ genitalia, Chaiyaphum, Thailand.

ON : Charaxes marmax Westwood, [1847]
OD : Cabinet orient. Ent. :43-44, pl.21.
TL : 'Sylhet'.
Distribution : Sikkim to Myanmar, Thailand,
Laos, Vietnam, S.Yunnan, Guangxi.
Charaxes marmax marmax map

Synonym

Charaxes marmax philopator Fruhstorfer, 1914 : in Seitz, Grossschmett Erde 9:736. TL. Chiem Hoa, Tonkin.


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Charaxes marmax marmax ; Godfrey,1927 : 124. (N)
Charaxes marmax marmax ; Godfrey,1930 : 303. (Prae: Me Song forest; Chiang Mai)
Charaxes marmax marmax ; Pinratana,1979 : 106, figs.N178,♂,♂(Un). (in part)
Charaxes marmax marmax ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 96, pl.72, fig.182,♂(Un). (in part)
Charaxes marmax marmax ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 478, pl.213, figs.N195,♂,♂(Un). (in part)
Charaxes marmax marmax ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 370, pl.158, figs.N198,♂,♂(Un). (Khao Yai)
Charaxes aristogiton aristogiton ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : pl.158, fig.N199,♂(middle) as Charaxes aristogiton peridoneus. (in part)
Charaxes marmax marmax ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 131, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Dao; Phu Khiewo; Nakohn Nayok)

[ LAOS ]
Charaxes marmax philopator ; Fruhstorfer,1914 : 736. (Luang Prabang)
Charaxes marmax f.philopator ; Dubois & Vitalis,1924 : 47. (Laos)
Charaxes marmax marmax ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 63, pl.79, figs.3,♂,4,♂(Un). (Vang Vieng)
Charaxes marmax marmax ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 208, pl.83, figs.♂,♂(Un.),♀. (Oudomxay; Lak Sao)
Charaxes marmax marmax ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 47.
Charaxes marmax marmax ; Onodera,2022 : 52, pl.152, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Bolikhamxai: Thabok)

[ VIETNAM ]
Charaxes philopator ; Vitalis,1919 : 233. (Tonkin)
Charaxes marmax f.philopator ; Dubois & Vitalis,1924 : 47. (Tonkin)
Charaxes marmax philopator  ; Metaye,1957 : 99. (N)
Charaxes marmax ; Ikeda et al.,2000 : 37, fig.8:11,♂(marmax ?). (Cuc Phuong) (in part)
Charaxes marmax ; Luong et al.,2004 : 8, 72, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Cuc Phuong)
Charaxes marmax philopator ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 42. (N / C)
Charaxes marmax philopator ; Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(1):99-100, pl.17, figs.2a♂,2b♂(Un),2c♀,2d♀(Un). (N: Ba Be; Huu Lien; Tam Dao; Cuc Phuong / C: Pu Hoat; Pu Mat; Huong Son; Phong Nha Ke Bang; Cat Tien)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chiang Mai : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Phetchabun : 1♂ (photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chaiyaphum : 4♂ 1♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ LAOS ]
Bolikhamxai : 1♂ (photo by H.Onodera).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ VIETNAM ]
Vinh Phuc : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 450 - 1100m).


Literature

Westwood, J.O.,1848 : The Cabinet of Oriental Entomology; a selection of some of the rarer an more beautiful species of insects,
natives of India and the adjacent islands, the greater portion of which are now for the first time deescribed and figured.
London, Smith 4 to : 88 pp, 42 cpl.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1914 : 6. Familie: Nymphalidae in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9
729-736. (19.May.1914)

Lang, S.Y.,2009 : A Study on the systematics of Nymphalidae (excepting Satyrinae) from China (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea)
Beijing, P.R.China.

Lang, S.Y.,2012 : The Nymphalidae of China (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Part 1
Libytheinae, Danainae, Calinaginae, Morphinae, Heliconiinae, Nymphalinae, Charaxinae, Apaturinae, Cyrestinae, Biblidinae, Limenitinae
456 pp, 32 col. + 41 black&white pls. Tshikolovets Publications, Pardubice.


Charaxes marmax marmax ♂ Charaxes marmax marmax ♂
♂, Chaiyaphum, Thailand. ♂, Chaiyaphum, Thailand.

2006.12.09 - 2023.05.31.

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