Rachana jalindra

Banded royal
	Male
	From the Courvoisier Collection, Basel
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Rachana
Species:	R. jalindra
Binomial name
	Rachana jalindra; (Horsfield, 1829)
Synonyms
	Amblypodia jalindra Horsfield, [1829]; Myrina jalindra; Tajuria jalindra; Charana jalindra; Eliotia jalindra; Sithon thymbraeus Geyer, 1832; Sithon jalindra indra Moore, [1884]; Tajuria jalindra macanita Fruhstorfer, 1912; Myrina burbona Hewitson, 1878; Tajuria jalindra mingawa Fruhstorfer, 1914; Tajuria jalindra gamtara Fruhstorfer, 1912; Tajuria jalindra degenerata Fruhstorfer, 1897; Sithon jalindra var. palawandra Staudinger, 1889; Myrina tarpina Hewitson, 1878; Rachana jalindra australis Schröder & 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[edit]

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 maganda Takanami, 1982
Rachana jalindra shiraishii Takanami, 1984 (Philippines)
Rachana jalindra mindorensis (Schröder & Treadaway, 1985)
Rachana jalindra balabacensis (Schröder & Treadaway, 1986)
Rachana jalindra obsoleta (Schröder & Treadaway, 1993)

^ ^a ^b ^c 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.
^ ^a ^b 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.

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.

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