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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: Alaena picata picata
Name
Alaena picata picata Sharpe, 1896.
Type locality: Kenya: “Between the coast and Teita, East Africa”.
Holotype: ♂ BMNH, xii.1891, (F.J. Jackson).
Synonymy
- Alaena picata Sharpe, 1896: 126; Aurivillius, 1922: 300, pl.61c.
- Alaena rollei Suffert, 1904: 134. Tanzania: “Tanga, Usambara”. Synonymy in Stempffer, 1967: 9.
- Alaena mulsa Thieme, 1904: 164, pl.1, Fig.2. Tanzania: “Nguelo (Usambara)”. Synonymy in Stempffer, 1967: 9.
- Alaena picata connectens Talbot, 1935: 69; Stempffer, 1967: 9. Kenya: “Wusi, about 16-20 miles west of Voi, open and hill country, about 4000 ft”. Synonymy in Williams, 2007: Pentilina 16.
- Alaena picata picata Sharpe; Stempffer, 1967: 9; Williams, 2007: Pentilina 16.
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.
- Suffert, E. 1904. Eine neue Lycaenide aus Deutsche-Ostafrika. Insektenborse 21: 134. 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.
- Thieme, O., 1904. Eine neue Alaena aus Deutsch Ost-Afrika. Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift 49: 164. BHL, pl.1. Reference page.
- Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.