Mahathala ameria ameria

Mahathala ameria ameria (Hewitson, 1862)


♂, Chanthaburi, Thailand.		♂, Sa Kaeo, Thailand. (photo by S.Sophonviwatkul)

ON : Amblypodia ameria Hewitson, 1862
OD : Spc. Cat. Lyc. Brit. Mus. : 14, pl.8, figs.85, 86.
TL : 'Northern India and "Siam" [Thailand]'. (NHML)

Distribution : Nepal, India to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam.

Synonym

Mahathala ameria zistra Fruhstorfer, 1908 : Ent. Zeit. 22(12):49. TL. "Siam" [Thailand].

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Mahathala ameria ; Godfrey,1916 : 139. (Sriracha: Nong Khai Ploi)
Mahathala ameria zistra ; Seitz,1924-1927 : 947. (Siam)
Mahathala ameria zistra ; Godfrey,1930 : 328. ('Chiang Rai'; Pak Jong; Chonburi: Sriracha)
Mahathala ameria ameria ; Pinratana,1981 : 106, pl.18, fig.12,♂(Un). ('Chiang Mai'; Kanchanaburi; Nakhon Nayok; Nakhon Ratchasima)
Mahathala ameria ameria ; Yamaguchi & Aoki,2002 : 37, fig.111,♀. (Mukdahan: Nam Tok Tad Ton; Ban Na Lak)
Mahathala ameria ameria ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 88, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Nakohn Nayok; Ban Na Lak; Nam Tok Tad Ton; Erawan WF.)
Mahathala ameria ameria ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2020- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Nakhon Nayok; Sa Kaeo; Phetchaburi) (accessed: 2024.06.08)

[ LAOS ]
Mahathala ameria ameria ; Miyamoto & Nakamura,2016 : 25, figs.15,A♀,B♀(Un). (Xieng Khouang)

[ VIETNAM ]
Mahathala ameria ; Lemée,1950 : 20. (Hagiang; Backan)
Mahathala ameria hainani ; Metaye,1957 : 89. (N)
'Mahathala ariadeva ariadeva ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 63. (S: Dong Nai)'

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Sa Kaeo : 1♂.

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

Nakhon Nayok : 1♂ (photo).

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

Chanthaburi : 1♂.

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

[ VIETNAM ]
Lam Dong : 1♂.

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

Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 300 - 650m).
The records from northern Thailand are likely to be a misidentification of Mahathala ariadeva burmana, as noted by Kimura et al.,2014. Further distributional research with reliable specimens is needed.

Literature

Hewitson, W.C.,1862 : Specimen of a Catalogue of Lycaenidae in the British Museum.
British Museum, London. 4to:[iv]+15pp, 8 pls.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1908 : Lepidopterologisches Pêle-Mêle. I. Neue ostasiatische Rhopaloceren.
Ent. Zeit. 22(12):48-49. (20.Jun.1908)

Talbot, G.,1942 : The races and forms of Mahathala ameria (Hewitson) Lep. Rhop.
Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B)11(8):120-123.


♂, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand.	♂, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand.

1999.07.18 - 2024.06.30.