♂ (wsf), Mae Hong Son, Thailand.		♀ (wsf), Nan, Thailand.
♂, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand. (photo by K.Yano)		♀, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand. (photo by K.Yano)
♂ (dsf), Mae Hong Son, Thailand.		♀ (dsf), Phrae, Thailand.

ON : Lycaena maha Kollar, 1844 OD : in Hügel, Kaschmir. 4(2):422-423. TL : "Himal. Massuri" [Mussoorie, NW.India]. Distribution : Pakistan, India, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, S.China.

[ THAILAND ]
Zizera maha ; Godfrey,1930 : 319. (Chiang Rai)
Zizeeria maha maha ; Shirôzu & Saigusa,1962 : 83-84, pl.16, figs.119,♂,120,♂(Un),121,♀,122,♀(Un),Textfig.42,♂genitalia. (Doi Suthep; Chieng Mai; Doi Inthanon)
Zizeeria maha maha ; Pinratana,1981 : 50, pl.7, figs.28,♀,29,♀(Un). (Chiang Mai; Chaiyaphum)
Pseudozizeeria maha maha ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 568, pl.257, figs.L100,♂,♂(Un),♂(dsf),♂(dsf,Un),♀,♀(Un),♀(dsf),♀(dsf,Un). (Khao Yai; Chaiang Dao; Khlong Lan WF.)
Zizeeria maha maha ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 588, pl.266, figs.L125,♂,♂(Un),♂(dsf),♂(dsf,Un),♀,♀(Un),♀(dsf),♀(dsf,Un). (Khao Yai; Chiang Dao; Khlong Lan WF.)
Pseudozizeeria maha maha ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 181, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Pha Hom Pok; Chiang Dao; Doi Inthanon; Doi Pa Chang; Phu Kradung; Doi Musso; Tenasserim)
Zizeeria maha maha ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Chiang Mai; Kamphaeng Phet; Phetchabun) (accessed: 2024.04.06)

[ LAOS ]
Zizeeria maha maha ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 70, pl.100, figs.B9,♀,B10,♀(Un),B11,♀,B12,♀(Un). (no loc.)
Zizeeria maha maha ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 215, pl.108, figs.♂(dsf),♂(dsf,Un),♀. (Xam Neua; Oudomxay)
Zizeeria maha maha ; Onodera,2009b : 37,38. (Xieng Kouang: Nam Noen; Houaphan: Phu Phan)
Zizeeria maha maha ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 51.
Zizeeria maha maha ; Onodera,2022 : 74, pl.205, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Xiengkhouang: Nam Noen; Vientiane: Hinkhanna; Houaphan: Phou Pan; Oudomxai)

[ CAMBODIA ]
Zizeeria maha maha ; Kosterin,2019b : 29, fig.18. (Mondulkiri)
Pseudozizeeria maha maha ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 121. (Mondulkiri)

[ VIETNAM ]
Zizera maha ; Joannis,1901 : 327. (Tonkin: Cao Bang)
Zizera maha argia ; Lemée,1950 : 19. (Backan)
Zizera maha ; Lemée,1950 : 19. (Hagiang; Backan)
Zizera maha ; Metaye,1957 : 90. (no loc.)
Pseudozizeeria maha ; Ikeda et al.,2001 : 48, figs.2:17,♂,18,♂(Un),6:15(♂genitalia). (Cuc Phuong)
Zizeeria maha maha ; Luong et al.,2004 : 9, 75, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Cuc Phuong)
Zizeeria maha ; Monastyrskii et al.,2006 : 42. (Thua Thien Hue: Huong Thuy)
Zizeeria maha maha ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2006d : 52, figs.L-20,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri; Madagui)
Zizeeria maha maha ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 51. (N / C / S)
Pseudozizeeria maha maha ; Saito et al.,2017 : 80. (S: Nui Cam)

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Mae Hong Son : 3♂.

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Chiang Mai : 8♂ 4♀ (incl. photo).

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Nan : 1♀.

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Nakhon Nayok : 1♂ 1♀.

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Sekong : 2♂.

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The butterfly is locally common in fields, open areas at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 300 - 1300m). Both sexes visit flowers.

Kollar, V.,1844 : Aufzählung und Beschreibung der von Frciherrn Carl v. Hügel auf seiner Reise durch Kaschmir und das Himaleyagebirge gesammelten Insecten.
in Hügel, Kaschmir und das Reich der Siek.
Stuttgart, Hallbergerische Verlagshandlung 4(2):393-564, 582-585, 26 pls.

Stradomsky, B.V.,2016 : A molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Polyommatinae (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
Caucasian Ent. Bull. 12(1):145-156.

♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

1999.07.04 - 2024.04.30.