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
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
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: Poritiinae
Tribus: Liptenini
Subtribus: Pentilina
Genus: Alaena
Species: Alaena brainei

Name

Alaena brainei Vári, 1976.

Type locality: South West Africa: Tiger Valley, Kombat,; Kombat, January 1968 (J.W.S. Braine), C?-allotype (G1266)

Types: DNMNH, HT ♂, 4.i.1972, (D.M. Kroon), (G1267); AT ♀ i.1968 (J.W.S. Braine), (G1266)

Synonymy

  • Alaena brainei Vári, 1976: 128, pl.14 figs 7,8, pl.15 figs 3,4, text-figs 10,11; Williams, 2007: Pentilina 5.

References

  • Vári, L., 1976. Descriptions and Notes on new Species of Rhopalocera. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 30(13): 121-143, 19 figs, pls 13-17. PDF Reference page. 
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