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Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Poritiinae
Tribus: Liptenini
Subtribus: Pentilina
Genus: Alaena
Species: Alaena nyassa
Subspecies: Alaena nyassa major
Name
Alaena nyassa major Oberthür, 1888.
Type locality: Tanzania: “Zanguebar”. [False locality.] Usambaras, Nguu Mts, Ulugurus (Kielland, 1990: 169).
Holoype: ♀ tbc.
Synonymy
- Alaena major Oberthür, 1888: 7, pl.2 fig.5.
- Alaena nyassae major [sic] Oberthür; Stempffer, 1967: 9.
- Alaena nyassa major Oberthür; Kielland, 1990: 169, pl.48; Williams, 2007: Pentilina 8.
References
- Kielland, J., 1990. Butterflies of Tanzania. Hill House, Melbourne and London: 1-363, 68 pls.,179 figs. Reference page.
- Oberthür, C., 1888. Lepidoptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. Études d’Entomologie 12: 1–8. BHL, plates. Reference page.
- 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.
- Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.