Alaena nyassa major

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Poritiinae
Tribus: Liptenini
Subtribus: Pentilina
Genus: Alaena
Species: Alaena nyassa
Subspecies: Alaena nyassa major

major from original description.
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

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Alaena nyassa major Oberthür, 1888.

Type locality: Tanzania: “Zanguebar”. [False locality.] Usambaras, Nguu Mts, Ulugurus (Kielland, 1990: 169).

Holoype: ♀ tbc.

Synonymy

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  • Alaena major Oberthür, 1888: 7, pl.2 fig.5.
  • Alaena nyassae major [sic] Oberthür; Stempffer, 1967: 9.
  • Alaena nyassa major Oberthür; Kielland, 1990: 169, pl.48; Williams, 2007: Pentilina 8.

References

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