♂, 2017.03.16. Yala, Thailand.		♀, 2017.01.12. Yala, Thailand.

ON : Mycalesis anaxias bisaltia Fruhstorfer, 1911 OD : in Seitz, Grossschmett. Erde 9:353. TL : Perak, malayischen Halbinsel. Distribution : P.Thailand (Yala), W.Malaysia. ● ssp.aemate ● ssp.bisaltia

Mycalesis anaxias senoi Aoki & Uémura,1982 : Memoirs of the Tsukada Coll. No.4:11, pl.3, fig.12(HT,♂), pl.4, fig.12,(HT,♂Un).TL. Malaya. (RIEB)

bisaltia : Holotype ♂, Perak. in Distant, 1886, Rhop. malayana : 416-417, pl.36, fig.7,♂.
senoi : Holotype, ♂, 1-4.Jul.1966. 19 miles from Tapah, Malaya. Inoue & Okagawa. (RIEB)
Paratypes : 1♂, 1966. Malaya. (RIEB) ; 1♀, 16.Feb.1974. 19 miles to Tapah, Malaya. T.Aoki & S.Yamaguchi. (RIEB) ;
1♀, Dec.1976. Cameron Highlands, Malaya. (in coll.E.Tsukada) ; 4♂, 14-15.Feb.1974. Fraser's Hill, Malaya. K.Okubo. (in coll. K.Okubo)

[ THAILAND ]
'Mycalesis anaxias aemate ; Godfrey,1930 : 251. (Pattani: Khao Kalakiri) (in part)'
Mycalesis anaxias senoi ; Saito & Inayoshi,2018 : 29, figs.17,♂,♂(Un),18,♀,♀(Un). (Yala: Betong)
Mycalesis anaxias senoi ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2019- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Yala) (accessed: 2022.06.17)

[ THAILAND ]
Yala : Betong dist. 4♂ 2♀ (incl. photo by A.Giudici).
1♂, 2014.07.21. (photo by A.Giudici).
1♀, 2017.01.12. Y.Inayoshi (YI) : 1♂, 2017.03.16. Y.Inayoshi (YI).

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New to Thailand. The first discovery in Thailand is taken photo by Antonio Giudici on 21.July.2014 in Yala province. The butterfly is not rare in montane forests at moderate elevations (Alt. 700 - 800m) and is frequently found at hilltops.
Godfrey (1930) recorded Mycalesis anaxias aemate in Khao Kalakiri, Pattani, which is possibly this taxon. Further distributional research is needed.

The Malaysian subspecies of Mycalesis anaxias was given the name bisaltia by Fruhstorfer, based on a figure in Distant (1886), Rhopalocera Malayana. Subsequently, Aoki & Uémura (1982), based on the fact that the type specimens of bisaltia in the NHML were assigned to "Assam" in Talbot ([1923]), gave the type locality of bisaltia as Assam and the Malaysian taxon as the new name senoi. However, Fruhstorfer's original description clearly states that the type specimen (holotype) is a specimen illustrated in Distant, as follows; "Die von Distant abgebildete Rasse der malayischen Halbinsel, bisaltia subsp. nov., mit der Type von Perak, schließt sich meinen Exemplaren von Assam an und letztere differieren wiederum von Sikkim-Stücken durch die kleinere Gestalt, dennoch aber breitere und mehr blau weiße Subapicalbinde der Vflgl...". He also suggested that the Assam specimens were similar to bisaltia, and I assume that some of Fruhstorfer's Assam specimens in the BMNH also had the type label added. Thus, Aoki & Uémura's treatment was incorrect. The Malaysian subspecies should be bisaltia and senoi is a synonym of it.

Distant, W.L.,1882-1886 : Rhopalocera Malayana : a Description of the Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula.
London, Author, Penang, Logan : xvi+482+[4]pp, 46 pls.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1911 : 4. Familie: Satyridae in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9
353-360. (30.May.1911)

Talbot, G.,[1923] : The Fruhstorfer collection of butterfiles: catalogue of types with general account and list of the more interesting forms.
J. Gastaud, Nice, 8 + 135 + ix pp.

Aoki, T. & Uémura, Y.,1982 : Description of new species and new subspecies of South-East Asian diurnal Lepidoptera belonging to the family Satyridae, with some taxonomic notes
Memoirs of the Tsukada Coll. No.4 : 66pp., 8pls.

Tennent, J.,2008 : Citation of the contents of The Fruhstorfer Collection of Butterflies: Catalogue of Types with general account and List of the more interesting forms published in the 1920s.
Ent. Gaz. 59(1):41–53.

♂, 2014.07.21. Yala, Thailand.(photo by A.Giudici)	♂, Yala, Thailand.

2019.06.30 - 2025.03.31.