Rachana jalindra explained

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

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 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)

External links

• Web site: Takanami . Yusuke . Seki . Yasuo . amp . 2001 . Genus Rachana . A Synonymic List of Lycaenidae from the Philippines . https://web.archive.org/web/20010710203311/http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~EY4Y-TKNM/Pratapa-Phil/Rachana-phil.html . July 10, 2001 . Internet Archive. With images.

Notes and References

1. Book: A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India . Varshney . R. K. . Smetacek. Peter. Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing . 2015. 978-81-929826-4-9. New Delhi. 117. 10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164.