Aeromachus pygmaeus

Aeromachus pygmaeus (Fabricius, 1775)


♂, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.		♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

♂, Ranong, Thailand.

ON : Papilio pygmaeus Fabricius, 1775
OD : Syst. Ent. :536.
TL : India : Koenig, S.India.

Distribution : S.India, Nepal, Assam to Myanmar, Thailand,
Laos, Vietnam, Langkawi, W.Malaysia (Kedah).

Synonym

Thanaos indistincta Moore,1878 : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878(3):694. TL. Salween, Moulmain. (♂, NHML)

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Aeromachus pygmaeus pygmaeus ; Godfrey,1930 : 368. (Satun: Tung Wa)
Aeromachus pygmaeus pygmaeus ; Godfrey,1932a : 275. (P)
Aeromachus pygmaeus ; Evans,1949 : 245. (Siam)
Aeromachus pygmaeus ; Pinratana,1985 : 48, pl.17, fig.86,♂. (Ranong)
'Aeromachus pygmaeus ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 772, pl.355, fig.H103,♂(Un,Laos).'
Aeromachus pygmaeus ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 51, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Khlong Naka)
'Aeromachus pygmaeus ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 822, pl.380, fig.H100,♂(Un,Laos).'
Aeromachus pygmaeus ; Küppers & Janikorn,2017 : 84, figs.Abb.H-093-096. (Phang Nga)

[ LAOS ]
Aeromachus pygmaeus ; Masui & Uehara,1996 : 5, pl.2, fig.20,♂,♂(Un). (Xiang Khouang)
Aeromachus pygmaeus ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 223, pl.137, fig.♂(Un). (Xiang Khouang)
Aeromachus pygmaeus ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 58.

[ VIETNAM ]
Aeromachus pygmaeus ; Inoué & Kawazoé,1966 ; 90-91, figs.81,♂,82,♂(Un). (Dalat)
Aeromachus pygmaeus ; Luong et al.,2004 : 14, 87, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Cuc Phuong)
Aeromachus pygmaeus ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 76. (C: Lam Dong)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 2♂.

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

Chiang Mai : 1♂.

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

Ranong : 1♂ (photo by A.Giudici).

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

Notes

The butterfly is uncommon in secondary and montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 30 - 600m) and is often found at forest edges and grasslands. Both sexes visit flowers and males occasionally come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water. Further distributional research is needed.

Literature

Fabricius, J.C.,1775 : Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus.
Flensbvrgi et Lipsiae, Libraria Kortii 8vo :[i-xxx] + 832pp.

Moore, F.,1878 : Descriptions of new Asiatic Hesperidae.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878(3):686-695, pl.45.

♂, Ranong, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

1999.09.04 - 2023.07.31.