Ragadia crisilda anora

Ragadia crisilda anora Nakamura & Lang, 2023


♂, Da Nang, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)		♂, Da Nang, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)

♂, Gia Lai, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)		♂, Gia Lai, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)

♂, Sekong, Laos. Paratype		♂, Sekong, Laos. (photo by K.Saito)

ON : Ragadia crisilda anora Nakamura & Lang, 2023
OD : Neue ent. Nachr. 82:240-241, figs.3A(HT,♂ & genitalia), 3B(PT,♀), 3C(PT,♂ & genitalia), 3D(PT,♂ & genitalia), 3E(PT,♂ & genitalia), 3E(PT,♂ & genitalia), 3G(PT,♂ & genitalia),3H(PT,♂ & genitalia), 3I(PT,♂ & genitalia).
TL : A Nor Waterfall, A Luoi, Thua Thien Hue, C.Vietnam. (RIEB)

Distribution : S.Laos, Cambodia, C.Vietnam (Quang Binh, Thua Thien Hue, Quang Nam, Kon Tum; Da Nang; Gia Lai).

	● ssp.anora
	● ssp.lamdongensis

Type Materials Information

Holotype ♂, 24.May.2019. A Nor Waterfall, A Luoi, Thua Thien Hue, C.Vietnam. N.Nakamura leg. (RIEB)
Paratypes : 18♂ 2♀, C.Vietnam (Quang Binh; Thua Thien Hue; Quang Nam; Kon Tum); 1♂, Sekong, S.Laos.

Records taken from Literature

[ LAOS ]
Ragadia crisilda ssp. ; Inayoshi,2019-2024 : Butterflies in Indo-China, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Sekong) (31.Mar.2024 last updated ; 31.Mar.2025 changed.)

[ CAMBODIA ]
'Ragadia crisilda ; Monastyrskii et al.,2011 : 129. (Phnom Samkos W.S.)'
'Ragadia crisilda ssp. ; Kosterin,2020 : 331. (Pursat)'
'Ragadia crisilda ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 116. (Kampong Speu; Pursat)'

[ VIETNAM ]
Ragadia crisilda crisilda ; Monastyrskii,2005 : 100-101, pl.27, figs.1c♂,1d♂(Un). (in part)
'Ragadia crisilda ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 25. (C) (in part)'

Specimens Examined

[ LAOS ]
Sekong : 2♂ (incl. Paratype), (1♂ genitalia dissected).

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

[ CAMBODIA ]
Pursat : 1♀, 2019.03.17. (photo by O.Kosterin).

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

[ VIETNAM ]
Da Nang : 2♂.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Gia Lai : 2♂.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Records taken from Literature

[ LAOS ]
Ragadia crisilda ssp. ; Inayoshi,2019-2024 : Butterflies in Indo-China, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Sekong) (31.Mar.2024 last updated ; 31.Mar.2025 changed.)

Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low to moderate evelations (Alt. 450 - 1450m).
Very interestingly, an individual believed to be this taxon has been found in Cambodia. It was photographed by Oleg Kosterin on 17.Mar.2019 in Pursat, but only photos were taken in the field. Moreover, at the same time, a species treated as Ragadia crisilda critolina by Nakamura & Lang (2023) was also found. The fact that these two populations were found sympatrically makes it very likely that they are different species. I consider the taxon treated as "Ragadia crisilda critolina" by Nakamura & Lang to be Ragadia critolaus subsp. incertae sedis. See Ragada critolaus critolaus and Ragadia critolaus subsp. incertae sedis.
Further distributional and taxonomic studies, including molecular analysis, are needed.

Literature

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.


♀, 2019.03.17. Pursat, Cambodia. (photo by O.Kosterin)

2025.03.31.