Alaena picata picata

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

Alaena picata in Gross-Schmetterlinge 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 picata picata Sharpe, 1896.

Type locality: Kenya: “Between the coast and Teita, East Africa”.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH, xii.1891, (F.J. Jackson).

Synonymy

• Alaena picata Sharpe, 1896: 126; Aurivillius, 1922: 300, pl.61c.
• Alaena rollei Suffert, 1904: 134. Tanzania: “Tanga, Usambara”. Synonymy in Stempffer, 1967: 9.
• Alaena mulsa Thieme, 1904: 164, pl.1, Fig.2. Tanzania: “Nguelo (Usambara)”. Synonymy in Stempffer, 1967: 9.
• Alaena picata connectens Talbot, 1935: 69; Stempffer, 1967: 9. Kenya: “Wusi, about 16-20 miles west of Voi, open and hill country, about 4000 ft”. Synonymy in Williams, 2007: Pentilina 16.
• Alaena picata picata Sharpe; Stempffer, 1967: 9; Williams, 2007: Pentilina 16.

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. 
• Sharpe, E.M.B., 1896. Descriptions of three new species of lepidoptera from East Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)17: 125-127. 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, 348 figs. Reference page. 
• Suffert, E. 1904. Eine neue Lycaenide aus Deutsche-Ostafrika. Insektenborse 21: 134. BHL. Reference page. 
• Talbot, G. 1935. New species and forms of African Lycaenidae (Lep.: Rhop.) [and supplement]. Entomologist's monthly magazine 71: 69-78, 115-127, 147-153; ill.; Suppl.: 202-209; ill. buy. Reference page. 
• Thieme, O., 1904. Eine neue Alaena aus Deutsch Ost-Afrika. Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift 49: 164. BHL, pl.1. Reference page. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.