''Rachana circumdata'' is a

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises ...

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 butterfly ...

first described by Heinz G. Schroeder, Colin G. Treadaway and Hisakazu Hayashi in 1978. It is found on Marinduque 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/small> (Luzon, Camiguin de Luzon, Marinduque and Mindoro Islands) *''Rachana circumdata panayensis'' Schroeder, Treadaway & H. Hayashi, 981/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 {{Theclinae-stub