Mycalesis maianeas maianeas Hewitson, 1864

Mycalesis maianeas maianeas ♂ Up. Mycalesis maianeas maianeas ♂ Un. Mycalesis maianeas maianeas ♀ Up. Mycalesis maianeas maianeas ♀ Un.
♂, Narathiwat, Thailand. ♀, Yala, Thailand.
Mycalesis maianeas maianeas ♀ Up. Mycalesis maianeas maianeas ♀ Un. Mycalesis maianeas maianeas ♀ Up. Mycalesis maianeas maianeas ♀ Un.
♀, Yala, Thailand. ♀, Yala, Thailand.

Mycalesis maianeas maianeas ♂ Up. Mycalesis maianeas maianeas ♂ Un. Mycalesis maianeas maianeas ♀ Up. Mycalesis maianeas maianeas ♀ Un.
♂, Ranong, Thailand. ♀, Ranong, Thailand.
Mycalesis maianeas maianeas ♂ Up. Mycalesis maianeas maianeas ♂ Un. Mycalesis maianeas maianeas ♀ Up. Mycalesis maianeas maianeas ♀ Un.
♂, Ranong, Thailand. ♀, Ranong, Thailand.

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

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
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)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 5♂ 9♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Phang Nga : 1♀ (photo by A.Giudici).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

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

Yala : 4♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Narathiwat : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

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.


Literature

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.


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

1998.12.05 - 2023.07.31.

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