Rachana jalindra

Banded royal
Male
From the Courvoisier Collection, Basel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Rachana
Species:	R. jalindra
Binomial name
Rachana jalindra (Horsfield, 1829) [1]
Synonyms
Amblypodia jalindraHorsfield, [1829] Myrina jalindra Tajuria jalindra Charana jalindra Eliotia jalindra Sithon thymbraeusGeyer, 1832 Sithon jalindra indraMoore, [1884] Tajuria jalindra macanitaFruhstorfer, 1912 Myrina burbonaHewitson, 1878 Tajuria jalindra mingawaFruhstorfer, 1914 Tajuria jalindra gamtaraFruhstorfer, 1912 Tajuria jalindra degenerataFruhstorfer, 1897 Sithon jalindra var. palawandraStaudinger, 1889 Myrina tarpinaHewitson, 1878 Rachana jalindra australisSchröder & Treadaway, 1990

Rachana jalindra, the banded royal, ^{[1] [2]} is a lycaenid or blue butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm. The species was first described by Thomas Horsfield in 1829. ^{[1] [2]}

Subspecies

• Rachana jalindra jalindra (Java)
• Rachana jalindra indra(Moore, [1884]) (Nepal, Sikkim to Thailand and Myanmar)
• Rachana jalindra macanita(Fruhstorfer, 1912) (southern India)
• Rachana jalindra burbona(Hewitson, 1878) (Sumatra, Peninsular Malaya)
• Rachana jalindra mingawa(Fruhstorfer, 1914) (south-western Borneo)
• Rachana jalindra gamtara(Fruhstorfer, 1912) (northern Borneo)
• Rachana jalindra degenerata(Fruhstorfer, 1897) (Nias)
• Rachana jalindra palawandra(Staudinger, 1889) (Palawan)
• Rachana jalindra tarpina(Hewitson, 1878) (Andamans)
• Rachana jalindra magandaTakanami, 1982
• Rachana jalindra shiraishiiTakanami, 1984 (Philippines)
• Rachana jalindra mindorensis(Schröder & Treadaway, 1985)
• Rachana jalindra balabacensis(Schröder & Treadaway, 1986)
• Rachana jalindra obsoleta(Schröder & Treadaway, 1993)

References

1. Savela, Markku, ed. (November 20, 2018). "Rachana jalindra (Horsfield, [1829])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Archived from the original on April 14, 2012. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
2. Varshney, R. K.; Smetacek, Peter (2015). A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing. p. 117. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN   978-81-929826-4-9.

External links

• Takanami, Yusuke & Seki, Yasuo (2001). "Genus Rachana". A Synonymic List of Lycaenidae from the Philippines. Archived from the original on July 10, 2001 – via Internet Archive. With images.