Ragadia crisilda

Ragadia crisilda, the striped ringlet, is a species of brush-footed butterflies (family Nymphalidae).

Ragadia crisilda
Upperside
Underside
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Ragadia
Species:
R. crisilda
Binomial name
Ragadia crisilda
Hewitson, 1862
Synonyms
  • Ragadia latifasciata Leech, 1891
  • Ragadia critolaus de Nicéville, [1893]

Subspecies
  • Ragadia crisilda crisilda - Assam, Burma, Thailand, Indochina
  • Ragadia crisilda critolina Evans, 1923 - Peninsular Malaya
  • Ragadia crisilda crisildina Joicey & Talbot, 1921 - Hainan
  • Ragadia crisilda latifasciata Leech, 1891 - western China
  • Ragadia crisilda critolaus de Nicéville, 1893 - southern Burma (Tenasserim), Thailand, Laos, Vietnam[1]

Description

Wingspan can reach 35–45 millimetres (1.4–1.8 in). In both males and females, the upperside of the wings is basically dusky black, with both forewings and hindwings crossed by a white discal band. Hindwings show also a curved narrow postdiscal white band. The underside of the forewings and hindwings is crossed by five white bands. Across the discal and post discal bands is present a row of black, yellow ringed ocelli, with silvery-blue centres. Forewings bear eight ocelli, while hindwings show seven ocelli.[2][3]

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References
  1. "Ragadia Westwood, [1851]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Chas. B. Antram Butterflies of India
  3. Indian Biodiversity


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