Rachana mioae
| Rachana mioae | |
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| Male underside | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Rachana |
| Species: | R. mioae |
| Binomial name | |
| Rachana mioae (H. Hayashi. 1978) | |
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Rachana mioae is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. Eliotia mioae H. Hayashi, 1978 was moved to Rachana, because genus Eliotia is the junior homonym of the genus of marine animals (family: Madrellidae, genus: Eliotia described in 1909).
Forewing length: 16-20 mm. It is endemic to the Philippines. It is uncommon and distributed on the islands of Mindanao and Leyte.
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References
- Hayashi, Hisakazu., 1978: Lycaenid Butterflies from Mindanao, with the descriptions of new Genus, new Species and new Subspecies (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Tyo-to-Ga. 29(3): 164-168.
- Treadaway, Colin G., 1995: Checklisit of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Nachr. entomol. Ver. Apollo, Suppl. 14: 7-118.
- Takanami, Y. & Seki, Y., 2001. A synonymic list of Lycaenidae from the Philippines. Edn. 12.
- Treadaway, Colin G. & Schrőder, Heinz G., 2012: Revised checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Nachr. entomol. Ver. Apollo, Suppl. 20: 1-64.
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