Andraca yauichui was described as a new species in 2016, by Taiwanese lepidopterists Shipher Wu and Wei-Chun Chang.

[1] Its specific epithet is dedicated to Dr. Yau-I Chu, a renowned Taiwanese entomologist and Professor Emeritus of the Department of Entomology at National Taiwan University.

It has been misidentified several times in the past[2][3][4] as Andraca theae (Matsumura, 1909), a similar-looking species.

This species is distributed in the mountainous areas of Taiwan, at elevations ranging from 1,700 to 2,500 m (5,600 to 8,200 ft) above sea level.

According to the original literature, it is known that the larvae of this species feed on Eurya strigillosa.