Species of butterfly
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
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]