Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Poritiinae
Tribus: Liptenini
Subtribus: Pentilina
Genus: Alaena
Species: Alaena caissa
Subspecies: Alaena caissa kagera
Name
Alaena caissa kagera Talbot, 1935.
Type locality: Tanzania: “Hills west of the Kagera River, 30°55'E., 2°5'S. dry season”.
Holotype: ♂ OUMNH, Type #3333, 16.vi.1916, (Dr. G. D. Hale Carpenter), images.
Synonymy
- Alaena kagera Talbot, 1935: 69.
- Alaena caissa kagera Talbot; Stempffer, 1967: 9; Williams, 2007: Pentilina 5.
References
- Stempffer, H. 1967. The genera of the African Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), entomology. Supplement 10: 322pp, 1pl. BHL Reference page.
- Talbot, G. 1935. New species and forms of African Lycaenidae (Lep.: Rhop.) [and supplement]. Entomologist's monthly magazine 71: 69-78, 115-127, 147-153; ill.; Suppl.: 202-209; ill. Reference page.
- Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.