Ragadia cryptica cryptica

Ragadia cryptica cryptica Nakamura & Lang, 2023


♂, Vinh Phuc, Vietnam.		♂, Vinh Phuc, Vietnam.

ON : Ragadia cryptica Nakamura & Lang, 2023
OD : Neue ent. Nachr. 82:242, figs.5A(HT,♂ & genitalia), 5B(PT,♀), 5C(PT,♂ & genitalia), 5D(PT,♂ & genitalia), 5E(PT,♂ & genitalia), 5F(PT,♂ & genitalia), 5G(PT,♂ & genitalia), 5H(PT,♂ & genitalia), 5I(PT,♂ & genitalia), 5J(PT,♀), 5K(PT,♂ & genitalia), 5L(PT,♂ & genitalia), 5M(PT,♂ & genitalia).
TL : near Coc Pai, Ha Giang, Vietnam. (RIEB)

Distribution : N. & C.Vietnam.

	● ssp.cryptica
	● ssp.cryptolina

Type Materials Information

Holotype ♂, 22.Apr.2019. near Coc Pai, alt. 1300-1360m, Ha Giang. H.Nakamura leg. (RIEB)
Paratypes : 31♂ 14♀, Vietnam (Ha Giang; Cao Bang; Lang Son; Laoc Cai; Yen Bai; Vinh Phuc; Ninh Binh; Bac Giang; Ha Tinh; Thua Thien Hue).

Records taken from Literature

[ VIETNAM ]
Ragadia crisilda crisilda ; Fruhstorfer,1911 : 360. (Tonkin)
Ragadia crisilda f. crisilda ; Dubois & Vitalis,1924 : 31. (Tonkin: Ha-Giang)
Ragadia crisilda ; Lemée,1950 : 8. (Hagiang; Backan)
Ragadia crisilda crisilda ; Metaye,1957 : 104. (N)
Ragadia crisilda ; Luong et al.,2004 : 4, 50, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Cuc Phuong)
Ragadia crisilda ; Ikeda et al.,1999 : 57, figs.6:11,♂,12,♂(Un),13,♀, fig.9:31(♂,genitalia). (Cuc Phuong)
Ragadia crisilda crisilda ; Monastyrskii,2005 : 100-101, pl.27, figs.1a♂,1b♂(Un). (N: Tam Dao; Ba Be; Na Hang; Cuc Phuong) (in part)
Ragadia crisilda ; Nishimura,2008 : 112, figs.3,♂,4,♂,5,♂,6,♂(Un),7,♀,8,♀(Un),12,♀(Un),15,♀. (N: Cao Bang; Vinh Phu, Ninh Binh)
Ragadia crisilda critolaus ; Yokochi et al.,2015 : 40. (Khanh Hoa: Hon Ba)
Ragadia crisilda ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 25. (N) (in part)
Ragadia crisilda crisilda ; Inayoshi,2019 : Butterflies in Indo-China. (by literature) (31.Aug.2019 last updated ; 31.Mar.2025 changed.)

Specimens Examined

[ VIETNAM ]
Vinh Phuc : 5♂, (1♂ genitalia dissected).

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Notes

The relationship between Ragadia cryptica, Ragadia crito and Ragadia crisilda needs to be confirmed by molecular analysis.

Literature

Nishimura, M.,2008 ; Taxonomic information on the genus Ragadia (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) in Indo-China.
Tyô to Ga 59(2):107-116.

Nakamura, N. & Lang, S.Y.,2023 : Re-examination of the genus Ragadia Westwood, [1851] from continental Asia focused on the Indochinese fauna, including descriptions of four new taxa (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae).
Neue ent. Nachr. 82:235-262.

2025.03.31.