Mota massyla (Hewitson, 1869)

Mota massyla ♂ Up. Mota massyla ♂ Un. Mota massyla ♀ Up. Mota massyla ♀ Un.
♂, Lampang, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Mota massyla ♂ Up. Mota massyla ♂ Un. Mota massyla ♀ Up. Mota massyla ♀ Un.
♂, Lampang, Thailand. ♀, Nan, Thailand.

ON : Myrina massyla Hewitson, 1869
OD : Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae 1(4)(Suppl.): 7, pl,3, figs.87[♂], 88[♂](Un).
TL : "Cherra Punji" [Cherrapunji, Meghalaya, India].
Distribution : Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.
Mota massyla map

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Mota massyla ; Pinratana,1981 : 107, pl.19, fig.1(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Mota massyla ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 656, pl.299, figs.L299,♂[♀],♂[♀](Un),♀,♀(Un). (Umphang; Kanchanaburi)
Mota massyla ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 692, pl.316, figs.L323,♂[♀],♂[♀](Un),♀,♀(Un). (Umphang; Kanchanaburi)
Mota massyla ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 90. (by literature)
Mota massyla ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Chiang Mai; Phetchabun) (accessed: 2023.04.19)

[ VIETNAM ]
Mota massyla ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2006d : 61, fig.L-100,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri)
Mota massyla ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 63. (by literature)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 1♂ 3♀ (incl. photo & photo by A.Giudici).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Lampang : 12♂ 1♀ (incl. photo & photo by M.Hayashi).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nan : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Phetchabun : 1♀ (photo by S.Sophonviwatkul).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally common in montane forests at moderate to high elevations (Alt. 550 - 1600m). Males are territorial on trees or shrubs.


Literature

Hewitson, W.C.,1863-1878; Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera. Part I. Lycaenidae.
1(4): 115-136, 14a-14h, supplementary 1-16, pls.47-54, 3a-3c, supplementary pls.1-5 (30.Apr.1869), London, John Van Voorst.


Mota massyla ♂ Mota massyla ♀
♂ (territorial behavior), Lampang, Thailand. ♀, Lampang, Thailand. (photo by M.Hayashi)
Mota massyla ♂ Mota massyla ♂
♂ (territorial behavior), Lampang, Thailand.
Mota massyla ♂ Mota massyla ♀
♂ (territorial behavior), Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Lampang, Thailand.
Mota massyla ♂ Mota massyla ♂
♂ (territorial behavior), Lampang, Thailand. ♂ (territorial behavior), Lampang, Thailand.

1999.07.18 - 2023.04.30.

A Check list of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM. Copyright © 1996- Y.Inayoshi.