Alaena nyassa

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Poritiinae
Tribus: Liptenini
Subtribus: Pentilina
Genus: Alaena
Species: Alaena nyassa
Subspecies: (3) per Williams, 2007.
A. n. major – A. n. marmorata – A. n. nyassa

Alaena nyassa(e) from Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde

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

Name

Alaena nyassa Hewitson, 1877.

Type locality: “Lake Nyassa”.

Types: BMNH

Synonymy

• Alaena nyassa Hewitson, 1877: 6.
• Alaena nyassae [sic] Hewitson; Aurivillius, 1922: 299, pl.61c.
• Alaena nyassae nyassae [sic] Hewitson; Stempffer, 1967: 9.
• Alaena nyassa nyassa Hewitson; Williams, 2007: Pentilina 12.

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. 
• Hewitson, W. C., 1877. Description of a new species of butterfly from Lake Nyassa. Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine 14: 5–6. 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.