Mahathala ameria ameria  (Hewitson, 1862)

Mahathala ameria ameria ♂ Up. Mahathala ameria ameria ♂ Un. Mahathala ameria ameria ♂ Up. Mahathala ameria ameria ♂ Un.
♂, 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 : N.India ; Siam. (NHML)
Distribution : Nepal, India to Myanmar, Thailand,
Laos, Vietnam.
Mahathala ameria ameria map

Synonym

Mahathala ameria zistra Fruhstorfer, 1908 : Ent. Zeit. 22(12):49. TL. Muok-Lek, Siam.


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) (accessed: 2023.04.19)

[ 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♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nakhon Nayok : 1♂ (photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chanthaburi : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ VIETNAM ]
Lam Dong : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


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 Pele-Mele. I. Neue ostasiatische Rhopaloceren.
Ent. Zeit. 22(12):48-49.

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


Mahathala ameria ameria ♂ Mahathala ameria ameria ♂
♂, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand. ♂, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand.

1999.07.18 - 2023.04.30.

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