Alaena caissa

Alaena caissa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Alaena
Species:
A. caissa
Binomial name
Alaena caissa
Synonyms
  • Alaena kagera Talbot, 1935

Alaena caissa is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Uganda and Tanzania.[2] Its habitat consists of open, rocky areas.

Subspecies

  • Alaena caissa caissa (northern Tanzania)
  • Alaena caissa kagera Talbot, 1935 (Tanzania: north-west to the Kagera and Bukoba Districts, Uganda: open areas west of Lake Victoria)

References

Wikispecies has information related to Alaena caissa.
  1. ^ Alaena at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
  2. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Pentilina". Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2012-09-21.


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