♂, Narathiwat, Thailand.		♀, Yala, Thailand.
♀, Yala, Thailand.		♀, Yala, Thailand.

♂, Ranong, Thailand.		♀, Ranong, Thailand.
♂, Ranong, Thailand.		♀, Ranong, Thailand.

ON : Mycalesis maianeas Hewitson, 1864 OD : Ill. exot. Butts. 3(52): [87], pl.[44], figs.27, 28. TL : 'Malacca [Malacca, W.Malaysia]; Sarawak, [Borneo]' [W.Malaysia]. Distribution : S.Myanmar, P.Thailand (South from Ranong), W.Malaysia.

Lectotype, ♂, Rh.2703, Mt. Ophir, 2000 ft., Malacca. designated by T.Aoki & Y.Uémura,1982. (NHML)

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Mycalesis maianeas maianeas ; Pendlebury,1923 : 33. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat: Khao Ram ; Khao Luang)
Mycalesis maianeas maianeas ; Godfrey,1930 : 252. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat: Khao Ram ; Khao Luang)
Mycalesis maianeas maianeas ; Godfrey,1932a : 267. (P)
Mycalesis maianeas maianeas ; Aoki & Yamaguchi,1984 : 57, fig.34,♂. (Ranong: Klong Nakha)
Mycalesis maianeas maianeas ; Pinratana,1988 : 24, pl.27, figs.65,♂,♀,♂(Un). (Ranong)
Mycalesis maianeas maianeas ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 280, pl.112, figs.S72,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Ranong; Narathiwat)
Mycalesis maianeas maianeas ; Uémura,2010 : 6.
Mycalesis maianeas maianeas ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 280, pl.112, figs.N107,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Ranong; Narathiwat)
Mycalesis maianeas maianeas ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Ranong; Nakhon Si Thammarat; Yala) (accessed: 2023.07.01)
Mycalesis maianeas maianeas ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 185, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Khlong Naka; Than To WF.)
Mycalesis maianeas maianeas ; Küppers & Janikorn,2017 : 270, figs.Abb.S-144-145. (Phang Nga)

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Ranong : 5♂ 9♀.

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Nakhon Si Thammarat : 1♂ 1♀ (photo by A.Giudici).

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The butterfly is locally not rare in montane primary forests at low evevations (Alt.30 - 350m).
The populations from P.Thailand (Nakhon Si Thammarat and northward), especially females, tend to have wider and more clearly defined orange markings on the UpF.

Hewitson, W.C.,1852-1877 : Illustrations of new species of exotic Butterflies, selected chiefly from the Collections of W.Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson.
5 vols. John Van Voorst, London.

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.

♂+♀, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)	♀, Phang Nga, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

1998.12.05 - 2025.03.31.