Spindasis maximus  (Elwes, [1893])

Spindasis maximus ♂ Up. Spindasis maximus ♂ Un. Spindasis maximus ♀ Up. Spindasis maximus ♀ Un.
♂, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Spindasis maximus ♂ Up. Spindasis maximus ♂ Un. Spindasis maximus ♀ Up. Spindasis maximus ♀ Un.
♂, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. ♀, Phrae, Thailand.
Spindasis maximus ♂ Up. Spindasis maximus ♂ Un. Spindasis maximus ♀ Up. Spindasis maximus ♀ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Phrae, Thailand.
Spindasis maximus ♂ Up. Spindasis maximus ♂ Un. Spindasis maximus ♂ genitalia Spindasis maximus ♂ genitalia
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♂ genitalia, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

ON : Aphnaeus vulcans var.maximus Elwes, [1893]
OD : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1892(4):637-638, pl.43, fig.5,♀.
TL : Karen Hills.
Distribution : Myanmar (Shan States to Dawna), Thailand,
Laos.
Spindasis maximus map

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Spindasis maximus ; Godfrey,1927 : 126. (N)
Spindasis maximus ; Godfrey,1930 : 341. (Chiang Mai)
Spindasis maximus ; Pinratana,1981 : 111, pl.20, figs.2,♀,3,♀(Un). (Chiang Mai; Chiyaphum; Nakhon Nayok; Tak)
Spindasis maximus ; Katsuyama et al.,2005 : 66, fig.88,♂. (Umphang)
Spindasis maximus ; Katsuyama et al.,2006 : 47, fig.68,♂. (Nan: Mae Charim; Ban Nam Poon)
Spindasis maximus ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 594, pl.268, figs.L171,♂,♂,♀,♀(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Cigaritis maximus ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 622, pl.281, figs.L196,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Spindasis maximus ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 146, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Tha Ton; Phu Khiewo; Nakohn Nayok; Pha Who)
Spindasis maximus ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Chiang Mai) (accessed: 2023.05.31)

[ LAOS ]
Spindasis maximus ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 75, pl.106, fig.B3,♀(Un). (Luang Prabang)
Spindasis maximus ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 218, pl.122, figs.♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Xam Neua; Thabok)
Spindasis maximus ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 53.
Spindasis maximus ; Onodera,2022 : 90, pl.223, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Bolikhamxai: Thabok; Oudomxai)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 7♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chiang Mai : 12♂ 13♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Phrae : 2♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nan : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Tak : 3♂ (incl. photo by A.Giudici).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chaiyaphum : 1♀ (photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Phetchaburi : 1♂ (photo by T.Aoyama).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally common in dry forests at low to high elevations (Alt. 350 - 1700m) and seems to have a single generation per year. Both sexes visit flowers and males occasionally come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water. Males are territorial on shrubs or undergrowth inside or at forest edges between 13:30 and 16:00. The size of the orange patch on the UpF is quite variable.


Literature

Elwes, H.J.,[1893] : On butterflies collected by Mr. W.Doherty in the Naga and Karen Hills and Perak, Part.2.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1892(4):617-664, pls.43,44.

Balint, Zs., Heath, A., Katona, G., Kertesz, K. & Safian, Sz.,2017 : Male secondary sexual characters in Aphnaeinae wings (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
Opusc. Zool. Budapest 48(1):27-34.


Spindasis maximus ♂ Spindasis maximus ♀
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Spindasis maximus ♂ Spindasis maximus ♀
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Spindasis maximus ♂ Spindasis maximus ♂
♂ (territorial behavior), Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♂ (territorial behavior), Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Spindasis maximus ♂ Spindasis maximus ♂
♂ (territorial behavior), Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♂, Phetchaburi, Thailand. (photo by T.Aoyama)
Spindasis maximus ♂ Spindasis maximus ♂
♂ vs ♂ (territorial fights), Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Spindasis maximus ♂ Spindasis maximus ♂
♂ vs ♂ (territorial fights), Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Spindasis maximus ♂ Spindasis maximus ♂
♂ vs ♂ (territorial fights), Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Spindasis maximus ♂ Spindasis maximus ♂
♂ (territorial behavior), Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♂ (territorial behavior), Chiang Mai, Thailand.

1999.07.18 - 2023.06.30.

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