''Rachana circumdata'' is a
butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
of the family
Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfl ...
first described by Heinz G. Schroeder, Colin G. Treadaway and Hisakazu Hayashi in 1978. It is found on
Marinduque
Marinduque (; ), officially the Province of Marinduque, is an island province in the Philippines located in Southwestern Tagalog Region or Mimaropa, formerly designated as Region IV-B. Its capital is the municipality of Boac. Marinduque lies be ...
in the
Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
.
Subspecies
*''Rachana circumdata circumdata''
Schroeder, Treadaway & H. Hayashi, 981
Year 981 ( CMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
Births
* Abu'l-Qasim al-Husayn ibn Ali al-Maghribi, Arab statesman (d. 1027)
* Giovanni Orseolo, Venetian ...
/small> (Luzon, Camiguin de Luzon, Marinduque and Mindoro Islands)
*''Rachana circumdata panayensis'' Schroeder, Treadaway & H. Hayashi, 981
Year 981 ( CMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
Births
* Abu'l-Qasim al-Husayn ibn Ali al-Maghribi, Arab statesman (d. 1027)
* Giovanni Orseolo, Venetian ...
/small> (Cebu, Panay and Negros Islands)
References
*Schröder, Heinz; Treadaway, Colin G. & Hayashi, Hisakazu (1981). "Zur Kenntnis philippinischer Lycaenidae (Lep.)". ''Entomologische Zeitschrift''. 24: 265–269.
*Treadaway, C. G. (1995). "Checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera)" ''Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo''. Suppl. 14: 7–118.
*
*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.
Butterflies described in 1981
Iolaini
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