Alaena brainei

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Poritiinae
Tribus: Liptenini
Subtribus: Pentilina
Genus: Alaena
Species: Alaena brainei

Name

Alaena brainei Vári, 1976.

Type locality: South West Africa: Tiger Valley, Kombat,; Kombat, January 1968 (J.W.S. Braine), C?-allotype (G1266)

Types: DNMNH, HT ♂, 4.i.1972, (D.M. Kroon), (G1267); AT ♀ i.1968 (J.W.S. Braine), (G1266)

Synonymy

• Alaena brainei Vári, 1976: 128, pl.14 figs 7,8, pl.15 figs 3,4, text-figs 10,11; Williams, 2007: Pentilina 5.

References

• Vári, L., 1976. Descriptions and Notes on new Species of Rhopalocera. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 30(13): 121-143, 19 figs, pls 13-17. PDF Reference page. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.