Rachana mioae

Rachana mioae
Male upperside
Male underside
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Rachana
Species:	R. mioae
Binomial name
Rachana mioae (H. Hayashi, 1978)
Synonyms
Eliotia mioaeH. Hayashi, 1978

Rachana mioae is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae first described by Hisakazu Hayashi in 1978. Eliotia mioaeH. Hayashi, 1978 was moved to Rachana, because Eliotia is the junior homonym of a genus of marine animals (nudibranchs, family: Madrellidae) described in 1909.

Forewing length: 16–20 mm. It is endemic to the Philippines. It is uncommon and distributed on the islands of Mindanao and Leyte.

Etymology. The specific name is dedicated to the eldest daughter of the author.

References

• Hayashi, Hisakazu (1978). "Lycaenid Butterflies from Mindanao, with the descriptions of new Genus, new Species and new Subspecies (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)". Tyô to Ga. 29 (3): 164-168.
• Treadaway, Colin G. (1995). "Checklisit of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera)". Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo. Suppl. 14: 7–118.
• Takanami, Yusuke & Seki, Yasuo (April 1, 2001). "Edition 12". A Synonymic List of Lycaenidae from the Philippines. Archived from the original on June 14, 2001 – via Internet Archive.
• Treadaway, Colin G. & Schröder, Heinz G. (2012). "Revised checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera)". Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo. Suppl. 20: 1-64.

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.