♂ (dsf), Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♀ (dsf), Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♂ (dsf), Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♂ (wsf), Phongsaly, Laos.

ON : Mycalesis nicotia nudgara Fruhstorfer, 1908 OD : Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 58(6/7):148-149. TL : "Tandong, Tenasserim" [Thandaung, Kayin State, Myanmar]. Distribution : S.Myanmar, SC.Yunnan, N.Thailand, Laos, Vietnam.

[ THAILAND ]
Mycalesis nicotia ; Aoki & Yamaguchi,1984 : 57, fig.36,♂. (Chiang Mai: Doi Suthep)
Mycalesis nicotia ; Pinratana,1988 : 25, pl.27, figs.67,♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Mycalesis nicotia ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 280, pl.112, figs.S74,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Mycalesis nicotia ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 280, pl.112, figs.N109,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Mycalesis nicotia ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 186, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Suthep; Doi Inthanon)
Mycalesis nicotia ; Inayoshi,1998-2023 : Butterflies in Indo-China, figs.2♂ 1♀. (Chiang Mai) (31.Jul.2023 last updated ; 31.Mar.2025 changed.)

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Mycalesis nicotia f. langi ; Dubois & Vitalis,1924 : 30. (Ban-Soui)
Mycalesis nicotia ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 211, pl.95, figs.♂,♀. (Oudomxay)
Mycalesis nicotia ; Uémura,2004 : 4, fig.25 map. (Oudomxay; Xam Neua; Vang Vieng)
Mycalesis nicotia ; Uémura,2006 : 6, fig.33,map. (Phun Pan; Nong Het)
Mycalesis nicotia ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 49.
Mycalesis nicotia ; Onodera,2022 : 60, pl.178, figs.♂(dsf),♂(dsf,Un),♂(wsf),♂(wsf,Un),♀(dsf),♀(dsf,Un). (Xiengkhouang: Tha)
Mycalesis nicotia ; Inayoshi,1998-2023 : Butterflies in Indo-China, fig.♂. (Phongsaly; Xieng Khouang; Sekong) (31.Jul.2023 last updated ; 31.Mar.2025 changed.)

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Mycalesis nicotia ; Monastyrskii,2005 : 97-98, pl.26, figs.2a♂,2b♂(Un),2c♀,2d♀(Un). (N: Ba Be; Van Ban)
Mycalesis nicotia ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 25. (N: Bac Can)
Mycalesis nicotia ; Inayoshi,1998-2023 : Butterflies in Indo-China. (by literature) (31.Jul.2023 last updated ; 31.Mar.2025 changed.)

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 5♂ 1♀ (incl. photo & photo by A.Giudici).

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Phongsaly : 1♂.

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Xieng Khouang : 1♂ 2♀ (photo by H.Onodera).

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Sekong : 1♂.

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Yen Bai : 1♂ (photo by K.Saito).

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The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at moderate elvations (Alt. 1100 - 1400m).
Further taxonomic study is needed.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1908 : Neue indo-australische Mycalesis und Besprechung verwandter Formen.
Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien. 58(6/7):129-239, pl.1. (20.Jun.1908)

Huang, H.,2023 : New or little known butterflies from China - 5 (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae, Pieridae, Nymphalidae, Lycaenidae et Hesperiidae).
Neue ent. Nachr. 82:93-214.

♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

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