Charaxes marmax marmax
Westwood, 1847
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♂, Chaiyaphum, Thailand. |
♀, Chaiyaphum, Thailand. |
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♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. |
♂, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. |
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♂ genitalia, Chaiyaphum, Thailand. |
ON :
Charaxes marmax Westwood, 1847
OD : Cabinet orient. Ent. : 43–44, pl.21.
TL : 'Assam; Sylhet [southern Khasi Hills, India ; north of Sylhet, Bangladesh]'.
Distribution : Sikkim to Myanmar, S.Yunnan, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Guangxi.
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Synonym
Charaxes marmax philopator Fruhstorfer, 1914; In: Seitz, Gross-Schmetterl. Erde 9: 736; TL: "Chiem-Hoa, Tonkin" [Chiem Hoa, Tuyen Quang, N.Vietnam].
Records taken from Literature
[ THAILAND ]
Charaxes marmax marmax: Godfrey,1927 : 124. (N)
Charaxes marmax marmax: Godfrey,1930 : 303. (Prae: Me Song forest; Chiang Mai)
Charaxes marmax marmax: Pinratana,1979 : 106, figs.N178,♂,♂(Un). (partim)
Charaxes marmax marmax: Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 96, pl.72, fig.182,♂(Un). (partim)
Charaxes marmax marmax: Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 478, pl.213, figs.N195,♂,♂(Un). (partim)
Charaxes marmax marmax: Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 370, pl.158, figs.N198,♂,♂(Un). (Khao Yai)
Charaxes aristogiton aristogiton: Ek-Amnuay,2012 : pl.158, fig.N199,♂(middle) as Charaxes aristogiton peridoneus. (partim)
Charaxes marmax marmax: Kimura et al.,2016 : 131, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Dao; Phu Khiewo; Nakohn Nayok)
[ LAOS ]
Charaxes marmax philopator: Fruhstorfer,1914 : 736. (Luang Prabang)
Charaxes marmax f. philopator: Dubois & Vitalis,1924 : 47. (Laos)
Charaxes marmax marmax: Motono & Negishi,1989 : 63, pl.79, figs.3,♂,4,♂(Un). (Vang Vieng)
Charaxes marmax marmax: Osada et al.,1999 : 208, pl.83, figs.♂,♂(Un.),♀. (Oudomxay; Lak Sao)
Charaxes marmax marmax: Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 47.
Charaxes marmax marmax: Onodera,2022 : 52, pl.152, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Bolikhamxai: Thabok)
[ VIETNAM ]
Charaxes philopator: Vitalis,1919 : 233. (Tonkin)
Charaxes marmax f. philopator: Dubois & Vitalis,1924 : 47. (Tonkin)
Charaxes marmax philopator: Metaye,1957 : 99. (N)
Charaxes marmax: Ikeda et al.,2000 : 37, fig.8:11,♂(marmax ?). (Cuc Phuong) (partim)
Charaxes marmax: Luong et al.,2004 : 8, 72, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Cuc Phuong)
Charaxes marmax philopator: Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 42. (N; C)
Charaxes marmax philopator: Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(1):99–100, pl.17, figs.2a♂,2b♂(Un),2c♀,2d♀(Un). (N: Ba Be; Huu Lien; Tam Dao; Cuc Phuong; C: Pu Hoat; Pu Mat; Huong Son; Phong Nha Ke Bang; Cat Tien)
Specimens Examined
[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 1♂.
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Chiang Mai : 1♂.
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Phetchabun : 1♂ (photo).
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Chaiyaphum : 4♂ 1♀ (incl. photo).
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[ LAOS ]
Bolikhamxai : 1♂ (photo by H.Onodera).
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[ VIETNAM ]
Vinh Phuc : 1♂.
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Notes
The butterfly is locally not uncommon in forests at low to moderate elevations (450–1,100 m a.s.l.).
Literature
Westwood, J.O, 1847 [1848]. The cabinet of Oriental entomology; being a selection of some of the rarer and more beautiful species of insects,
natives of India and the adjacent islands, the greater portion of which are now for the first time described and figured.
William Smith, London, pp. 43–44, pl. 21.
Fruhstorfer, H, 1914. 6. Familie: Nymphalidae. In: Seitz, A. (Ed.), Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde.
Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart, 9: 721–744.(9.Mar.1914)
Lang, S-Y, 2012. The Nymphalidae of China (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Part 1.
Libytheinae, Danainae, Calinaginae, Morphinae, Heliconiinae, Nymphalinae, Charaxinae, Apaturinae, Cyrestinae, Biblidinae, Limenitinae.
Tshikolovets Publications, Pardubice, 456 pp., 32 col. + 41 b&w pls.
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♂, Chaiyaphum, Thailand. |
A Check list of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM. Copyright © 1996- Y.Inayoshi.