title: Rachana jalindra
text: # Rachana jalindra
  
  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.
  
  ## 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)
  