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