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
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Rachana jalindra jalindra (Java)
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Rachana jalindra indra (Moore, [1884]) (Nepal, Sikkim to Thailand and Myanmar)
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Rachana jalindra macanita (Fruhstorfer, 1912) (southern India)
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Rachana jalindra burbona (Hewitson, 1878) (Sumatra, Peninsular Malaya)
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Rachana jalindra mingawa (Fruhstorfer, 1914) (south-western Borneo)
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Rachana jalindra gamtara (Fruhstorfer, 1912) (northern Borneo)
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Rachana jalindra degenerata (Fruhstorfer, 1897) (Nias)
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Rachana jalindra palawandra (Staudinger, 1889) (Palawan)
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Rachana jalindra tarpina (Hewitson, 1878) (Andamans)
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Rachana jalindra maganda Takanami, 1982
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Rachana jalindra shiraishii Takanami, 1984 (Philippines)
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Rachana jalindra mindorensis (Schröder & Treadaway, 1985)
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Rachana jalindra balabacensis (Schröder & Treadaway, 1986)
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Rachana jalindra obsoleta (Schröder & Treadaway, 1993)
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