♂, Nan, Thailand.		♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♂, Ranong, Thailand.		♀, Ranong, Thailand.

ON : Hesperia mathias Fabricius, 1798 OD : Ent. syst. Suppl. : 433. TL : India. (♀) Distribution : Sri Lanka, Kashmir, Nepal, India, Sikkim, Assam, Nicobars, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, W.Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Mindoro, Sulawesi, Lombok, Sumba, Timor.

Hesperia julianus Latreille, 1823 : in Ency. meth. 9(Ins.)(2):763. TL. Java. (♂) (homonym)
Hesperia chaya Moore, 1866 : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865(3):791. TL. Bengal. (♀, NHML)
Hesperia ella Plötz, 1883 : Stett. ent. Ztg. 44(1-3):46. TL. Java.
Hesperia consanguis Plötz, 1883 : Stett. ent. Ztg. 44(1-3):46. TL. Java. (♂)
Isoteinon flexilis Swinhoe, 1885 : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1885(1):147-148, pl.9, figs.9,10. TL. Poona. (♀, NHML)

[ THAILAND ]
Parnara mathias ; Godfrey,1916 : 146.
Baoris mathias ; Godfrey,1930 : 385. (except P)
Baoris mathias ; Godfrey,1932a : 276. (P)
Pelopidas mathias mathias ; Evans,1949 : 442. (Siam)
Pelopidas mathias mathias ; Shirôzu & Saigusa,1962 : 44-45, pl.4, fig.26,♀, Textfig.16,♂genitalia. (Chieng Mai)
Pelopidas mathias mathias ; Kawazoé,1964 : 140, pl.5, figs.35,♀,36,♀(Un). (C: Thom Buri)
Pelopidas mathias mathias ; Pinratana,1985 : 108, pl.37, figs.247,♂,♀. (Chiang Mai; Chaiyaphum; Nakhon Ratchasima; Nakhon Nayok; Ratchaburi; Kanchanaburi; Bangkok; Phuket; Nakhon Sri Thammarat; Trang)
Pelopidas mathias mathias ; Yamaguchi & Aoki,2002 : 13, fig.31♂. (Ubon Ratchathani: Kaeng E-Keow; Mukdahan: Ban Lao Kram)
Pelopidas mathias mathias ; Yamaguchi, Aoki & Akiyama,2005 : 45. (Ubon Ratchathani: Warin Chamrap; Nam Tok Soi Sawan; Mukdahan: Phu Hin Khan)
Pelopidas mathias mathias ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 836, pl.384, figs.H287,♂,♂(Un),♂,♀,♀(Un). (Nakhon Pathom)
Pelopidas mathias mathias ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 102, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Suthep; Mouk Leck; Nakohn Nayok; Wan Nam Khiewo; Kao Khiewo; Bang Phra; Bang Phaing; Ratchaburi; Ka Chong; Thaleban; Than To WF.)
Pelopidas mathias mathias ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 900, pl.415, figs.H284,♂(right),♀,♀(Un). (in part)
Pelopidas mathias mathias ; Okamoto et al.,2013 : 6. (Kanchanaburi: Mae Klong Station)
Pelopidas mathias mathias ; Küppers & Janikorn,2017 : 133, figs.Abb.H-285-288. (Phang Nga)

[ LAOS ]
Pelopidas mathias mathias ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 84, pl.117, figs.B3,♀,B4,♀(Un). (Luang Prabang; Pakse; Nam Moh)
Pelopidas mathias mathias ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 225, pl.143, fig.♂. (Vientiane)
Pelopidas mathias mathias ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 60.
Pelopidas mathias mathias ; Onodera,2022 : 124, pl.260, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Xiengkhouang: Muang Khoun; Bolikhamxai: Phon Si)

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Pelopidas mathias ; Onodera,2009 : 40. (Siem Reap: Phnum Kulen)
'Pelopidas cf. mathias mathias ; Kosterin,2019 : 102. (Kep)'
Pelopidas mathias mathias ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 126. (Battambang; Kep; Koh Kong; Preah Sihanouk; Siem Reap)

[ VIETNAM ]
Parnara mathias ; Godfrey,1919 : 470. (S: Daban)
Baoris mathias ; Moulton,1923 : 134. (Pulo Condore)
Parnara mathias ; Metaye,1957 : 80.
Pelopidas mathias mathias ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,1999 : 178. (by Metaye,1957)
Pelopidas mathias mathias ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,2003 : 130. (S: Dalat; Saigon; Con Dao)
Pelopidas mathias mathias ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2007b : 17, fig.H-118,♂. (Bin Thuan: Dong Tien)
Pelopidas mathias mathias ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 84. (C / S)

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Chiang Mai : 1♀.

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Ranong : 1♂ 2♀.

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The butterfly is locally common in secondary forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 30 - 1200m). Both sexes visit flowers.
It is necessary to confirm the male brand on the UPF to identify closely related species and identification from the underside is not possible.

Fabricius, J.C.,1798 : Entomologia systematica emedata et aucta. secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus.
Supplemente : [iv] + 572 pp. Copenhagen. C.G.Proft.

Latreille, P.A.,1818-1824 : in Latreille & Godart, Encyclopedie methodique.
Histoire naturelle des insectes. volume 9. Paris :828pp.

Moore, F.,1866 : On the lepidopterous insects of Bengal.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865(3):755-822, 3 pls.

Plötz, C.,1883 : Die Hesperiinen-Gattung Hesperia Aut. und ihre Arten.
Stett. ent. Ztg. 44(1-3):26-64 ; 44(4-6):195-233.

Swinhoe, C.,1885 : On the Lepidoptera of Bombay and the Decan.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1885(1):124-148, pl.9.

2018.07.31 - 2024.04.30.