Aeromachus stigmata shanda

Aeromachus stigmata shanda Evans, 1949


♂ (wsf), Nan, Thailand.		♀ (wsf), Chiang Mai, Thailand.

ON : Aeromachus stigmata shanda Evans, 1949
OD : Cat. Hesp. Europ. Asia Austr. Birt. Mus.: 243.
TL : "Kalaw, S.Shan States, Burma" [Kalaw, S.Shan State, Myanmar]. (NHML)

Distribution : Myanmar, Yunnan, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Hainan.

Type Material Information

Type ♂, 09.Aug.1929, Kalaw, S.Shan St., 4200 ft., H.C. Tytler (NHML)

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Aeromachus stigmata shanda: Pinratana,1985 : 48, pl.17, fig.85,♂. (Chiang Mai)
Aeromachus stigmata shanda: Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 772, pl.355, figs.H102,♂,♂(Un). (Wiang Pa Pao)
Aeromachus stigmata shanda: Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 822, pl.380, figs.H99,♂,♂(Un). (Wiang Pa Pao)
Aeromachus stigmata shanda: Sophonviwatkul et al.,2024– : Butterflies of Thailand, fig. (Chiang Mai) (accessed: 2024.06.18)

[ LAOS ]
Aeromachus stigmata shanda: Motono & Negishi,1989 : 80, pl.112, figs.B5,♂,B6,♂(Un). (Nam Moh; Vientiane: Dan Sum)
Aeromachus stigmatus shanda: Osada et al.,1999 : 223, pl.137, fig.♂(Un). (Xam Neua)
Aeromachus stigmatus shanda: Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 58.
Aeromachus stigmatus shanda: Onodera,2022 : 110, pl.247, figs.♀,♀(Un). (Phongsali: Sin Xai)

[ VIETNAM ]
Aeromachus stigmata: Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,1999 : 164. (Muong Nhe)
Aeromachus stigmata: Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 76. (N)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 3♂ 2♀ (incl. photo).

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Nan : 14♂.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

[ LAOS ]
Phongsali : 1♀ (photo by H.Onodera).

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Xaignabouli : 1♂.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Notes

The butterfly is locally not uncommon in forests at moderate elevations (500 - 1,200 m a.s.l.) and is often found at forest edges. Both sexes visit flowers. Males are territorial on undergrowth and are occasionally observed mud-puddling along stream banks and at puddles

Literature

Evans, W.H.,1943 : A Revision of the Genus Aeromachus de N. (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae).
Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B)12(7/8): 97-101.

Evans, W.H.,1949 : A catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia and Australia in the British Museum (Natural History).
i-xix + 1-502, pls.1-35. London.

Huang, Z.F., Chiba, H., Jin, J., Kizhakke, A.G., Wang, M., Kunte, K. & Fan, X.L.,2019 :
A multilocus phylogenetic framework of the tribe Aeromachini (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae), with implications for taxonomy and biogeography.
Syst. Entomol. 44: 163–178.


♂ (dsf), Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♀ (dsf), Chiang Mai, Thailand.

♂ (wsf), Chiang Mai, Thailand.

1999.09.04 - 2024.12.31.