Alaena margaritacea

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 margaritacea

Name

Alaena margaritacea Eltringham, 1929.

Type locality: South Africa: “Haenertzburg”, 24°S 30°E.

Types: OUMNH, HT♂ 1.i.1925, (M.H.C. Kenway), images, AT♀ same data images.

Synonymy

• Alaena margaritacea Eltringham, 1929: 195; Stempffer, 1967: 9; Williams, 2007: Pentilina 11.

References

• Eltringham, H., Poulton, E.B., Riley, N.D. & Talbot, G., 1929. African Rhopalocera: descriptions and notes. Transactions of the Entomologial Society of London 77: 475–504. 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.