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 : S.Shan States, Burma. (♂, NHML)

Distribution : Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam,
Yunnan, 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 ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, fig. (Chiang Mai) (accessed: 2023.07.13)

[ LAOS ]
Aeromachus stigmata shanda ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 80, pl.112, figs.B5,♂,B6,♂(Un). (Nam Moh; Vientiane: Dan Sum)
Aeromachus stigmatus shanda ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,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 rare in montane forests at moderate elevations (Alt. 500 - 1200m) and is often found at forest edges. Males are territorial on undergrowth. Both sexes visit flowers and males occasionally come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.

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 - 2023.07.31.