Ragadia latifasciata critias Riley & Godfrey, 1921

Monastyrskii, Alexander L. & Lien, Vu Van, 2021, New taxa and new records of butterflies from Vietnam (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea), Zootaxa 5048 (4), pp. 486-510 : 500

Ragadia latifasciata critias Riley & Godfrey, 1921 stat. rev.

The male genitalia and wing patterns of critias and latifasciata ( Figures 9 A-C) are highly similar. Thus, the former name must be regarded as a junior synonym of latifasciata and described as a subspecies of the new valid species name. The most important character separating critias from other subspecies is the absence of the eye spot in cell M 3 on the underside of the hindwing.

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FIGURE 9. Male genitalia of A—Ragadia latifasciata cristata Monastyrskii & Vu, subspec. nov. (northern Vietnam, Ha Giang province); B—R. l. crystallina Monastyrskii & Vu, subspec. nov. (central Vietnam, Thua Thien Hue province); C—R. l. critias Riley & Godfrey, (southern China, southern Yunnan)