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Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Poritiinae
Tribus: Liptenini
Subtribus: Pentilina
Genus: Alaena
Species: Alaena picata
Subspecies: (2) per Williams, 2007.
A. p. interrupta –
A. p. picata
Name
Alaena picata Sharpe, 1896.
Type locality: Kenya: “Between the coast and Teita, East Africa”.
Holotype: ♂ BMNH, xii.1891, (F.J. Jackson).
Synonymy
References
- Aurivillius, C. 1908–1925. In: Seitz, A., 1908–25. Die Großschmetterlinge des Afrikanischen Faunengebietes. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 13: 1-613, pls. 1-80. Reference page.
- Sharpe, E.M.B., 1896. Descriptions of three new species of lepidoptera from East Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)17: 125-127. BHL. 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.