♂ (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)[1]: 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 : In: Kollar, V. & L. Redtenbacher, Aufzählung und Beschreibung der von Freiherrn 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)[1]: [393]-564, [582]-[586], 28 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.