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Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Iolaini
Genus: Rachana
Species: Rachana mioae

Name edit

Rachana mioae (H. Hayashi, 1978)

Type locality: Philippines, Mindanao, Mt. Apo.

Holotype: OMNH. ♂. February. 1978.

Synonymy edit

Eliotia mioae, H. Hayashi, 1978. Moved to Rachana, because Genus Eliotia is the junior homonym of the Genus of marine animals ( Familia: Madrellidae, Genus: Eliotia described in 1909).

References edit

  • 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. [1]
  • Eliot, J. N., 1978: In Corbet, A. S. & Pendlebury, H. M., The butterflies of the Malay Peninsula, edn 3. Kuala Lumpur.
  • 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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