| Rachana mioae | |
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| Male upperside | |
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| Male underside | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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 family Lycaenidae first described by Hisakazu Hayashi in 1978. Eliotia mioae H. Hayashi, 1978 was moved to Rachana, because Eliotia is the junior homonym of a genus of marine animals (nudibranchs, family: Madrellidae) 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.
Etymology. The specific name is dedicated to the eldest daughter of the author.
References
- Hayashi, Hisakazu (1978). "Lycaenid Butterflies from Mindanao, with the descriptions of new Genus, new Species and new Subspecies (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)". Tyô to Ga. 29 (3): 164-168.
- Treadaway, Colin G. (1995). "Checklisit of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera)". Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo. Suppl. 14: 7–118.
- Takanami, Yusuke & Seki, Yasuo (April 1, 2001). "Edition 12". A Synonymic List of Lycaenidae from the Philippines. Archived from the original on June 14, 2001 – via Internet Archive.
- Treadaway, Colin G. & Schröder, Heinz G. (2012). "Revised checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera)". Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo. Suppl. 20: 1-64.
External links
Takanami, Yusuke & Seki, Yasuo (2001). "Genus Rachana". A Synonymic List of Lycaenidae from the Philippines. Archived from the original on July 10, 2001 – via Internet Archive. With images.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Eliotia mioae | |
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