Alaena picata

Alaena picata is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi.[2] The habitat consists of rocky stream beds in forests and forest margins at altitudes ranging from 300 to 1,500 metres.

Alaena picata
Figures 1 and 2
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Alaena
Species:
A. picata
Binomial name
Alaena picata
Sharpe, 1896[1]
Synonyms
  • Alaena rollei Suffert, 1904
  • Alaena mulsa Thieme, 1904
  • Alaena picata connectens Talbot, 1935

The larvae possibly feed on tree lichens.

Subspecies
  • Alaena picata picata (Kenya: south-east, including the coast, eastern Tanzania)
  • Alaena picata interrupta Hawker-Smith, 1933 (Malawi: south to the south-western slopes of Mount Mlanje)

References
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Wikispecies has information related to Alaena picata.
  1. Alaena at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Pentilina". Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2012-09-21.


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