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, is a lycaenid or blue butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm. The species was first described by Thomas Horsfield in 1829.

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