Mycalesis inayoshii Aoki & Yamaguchi, 1995

Mycalesis inayoshii ♂ Up. Mycalesis inayoshii ♂ Un. Mycalesis inayoshii ♀ Up. Mycalesis inayoshii ♀ Un.
♂, Nan, Thailand. Paratype ♀, Nan, Thailand. Paratype
Mycalesis inayoshii ♂ Up. Mycalesis inayoshii ♂ Un. Mycalesis inayoshii ♂ Up. Mycalesis inayoshii ♂ Un.
♂, Nan, Thailand. Paratype ♂, Xieng Khouang, Laos. (photo by H.Onodera)

ON : Mycalesis inayoshii Aoki & Yamaguchi, 1995
OD : Tyô to Ga 46(4): 247, figs.1(HT,♂), 2(HT,♂UN), 3(PT,♀), 4(PT,♀Un), 5(♂genitalia), 6(♀genitalia).
TL : Doi Phu Kha, Nan, Thailand. (RIEB)
Distribution : N.Thailand (Confined to Nan), Laos.
Mycalesis inayoshii map

Type Materials Information

Holotype and Paratypes are all from Doi Phu Kha, Nan, Thailand. All Types are examined.
Holotype ♂, 1993.04.05, Doi Phu Kha, Nan, Thailand. (RIEB)
Paratypes ; 52♂ 4♀ (RIEB ; TME ; THNHM ; in coll. Y. Inayoshi ; P. Sukkit)


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Mycalesis inayoshii: Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 274, pl.109, figs.S66,♂,♂(Un). (partim)
Mycalesis inayoshii: Ek-Amnuay et al.,2007 : 4, figs.S66,♂,♀(PT). (Doi Phu Kha)
Mycalesis inayoshii: Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 274, pl.109, figs.N101,♂,♂(Un), pl.110, figs.N101,♂,♂(Un). (Doi Phu Kha)
Mycalesis inayoshii: Kimura et al.,2016 : 186, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Doi Phu Kha)
'Mycalesis inayoshii: Chueamueangphan et al.,2025 : 209. (Phayao: Mae Puem N.P.)' [presumably misidentification]

[ LAOS ]
Mycalesis inayoshii: Osada et al.,1999 : 211, pl.95, figs.♂,♀. (Xam Neua)
Mycalesis inayoshii: Uémura,2004 : 4, fig.26,map. (Xam Neua)
Mycalesis inayoshii: Uémura,2006 : 6, fig.34,map. (Phun Pan)
Mycalesis inayoshii: Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 49.
Mycalesis inayoshii: Onodera,2022 : 60, pl.178, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Xiengkhouang: Phou Samsoum)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Nan : 54♂ 4♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ LAOS ]
Xieng Khouang : 2♂ (photo by H.Onodera).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally common in hill evergreen forests with the undergrowth of the dense thicket of Arundinaria at 1,700 to 1,980 m a.s.l.. It usually flies near the ground below 0.6m and is very cautious.


Literature

Aoki, T. & Yamaguchi, S.,1995 : A new species of the genus Mycalesis from the hill evergreen forest of northern Thailand. (Lepidoptera : Satyridae).
Tyô to Ga 46(4): 247-251, 6 figs.


Mycalesis inayoshii ♂ Mycalesis inayoshii ♂
♂, Nan, Thailand. ♂ with Mycalesis francisca, Nan, Thailand.

1998.12.05 - 2026.01.31.

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