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Alaena Boisduval, 1847

Zulus
Alaena Boisduval, 1847; in Delegorgue, Voyage Afr. australe, 2: 591, TS: Acraea amazoula Boisduval
Alaena (Pentilini) ; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 423; [BK, 155]
Alaena (Pentilina) ; [AfrL]

Alaena amazoula Boisduval, 1847

Cape - Natal, Swaziland, Transvaal, Rhodesia, Botswana. See [About maps] Alaena amazoula Boisduval, 1847; in Delegorgue, Voyage Afr. australe, 2: 591
Alaena amazoula ; [AfrL]

Larva on (Rock Lichen) [PBSA]

A. a. amazoula

E.Cape, Natal Alaena amazoula amazoula ; [BAFR, 414]; [AfrL]

A. a. ochroma Vári, 1976

Transvaal, Mozambique, Rhodesia Alaena amazoula ochroma Vári, 1976; Ann. Transv. Mus. 30 (13) : 128
Alaena amazoula ochroma ; [BAFR, 414 (text)]; [AfrL]

A. a. congoana Aurivillius, 1914

S.Zaire, Angola, Namibia? Alaena amazoula congoana ; [BAFR, 414 (text)]; [AfrL]

A. a. nyasana Hawker-Smith, 1933

Yellow Zulu
Alaena amazoula nyasana ; [BAFR, 414]; [BK: 155, pl. 12, f. 114]; [AfrL]

Larva on (lichens on rocks) [BK]

Alaena margaritacea Eltringham, 1929

Transvaal (Wolkberg Mts). See [About maps] Alaena margaritacea Eltringham, 1929; Trans. R. ent. Soc. 77 : 492, TL: Wolkberg Mts, N.Transvaal
Alaena margaritacea ; [BAFR, 414]; [AfrL]

Larva on (Rock Lichen) [PBSA]

Alaena unimaculosa Hawker-Smith, 1926

S.Zaire (Sandoa, Luvua Valley). See [About maps] Alaena unimaculosa ; [BAFR, 414]; [AfrL]

A. u. unimaculosa

Alaena unimaculosa unimaculosa ; [AfrL]

A. u. aurantiaca Butler, 1895

unimaculosa aurantiaca Butler, 1895; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895 (2) : 262, pl. 15, f. 4
Alaena unimaculosa aurantiaca ; [AfrL]

Alaena bicolora Bethune-Baker, 1924

E.Tanzania - SW.Tanzania. See [About maps] Alaena bicolora ; [BAFR, 414]; [AfrL]

Alaena interposita Butler, 1883

-. See [About maps] Alaena interposita Butler, 1883; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 12 (68) : 103, TL: Victoria Nyanza
Alaena interposita ; [AfrL]

A. i. interposia

Lake Victoria (Nyanza) Alaena interposita interposia ; [BAFR, 414 (text)]
Alaena interposita interposita ; [AfrL]

A. i. hauttecoeuri (Oberthür, 1888)

W.Tansania, Zaire, Zambia Alaena hauttecoeuri Oberthür, 1888; Étud. d'Ent. 12 : 7, pl. 3, f. 7, 9
?Alaena interposita hauttecoeuri f. aurantiaca ; [BAFR, 414, fig.]
Alaena interposita hauttecoeuri ; [BAFR, 414]; [AfrL]

Alaena brainei Vári, 1976

South West Africa. See [About maps] Alaena brainei Vári, 1976; Ann. Transv. Mus. 30 (13) : 128
Alaena brainei ; [BAFR, 414]; [AfrL]

Alaena madibirensis Wichgraf, 1921

Tanzania (Madibira). See [About maps] Alaena madibirensis Wichgraf, 1921; , TL: Madibira, Kigonsera, Tanzania
Alaena madibirensis ; [AfrL]; [BAFR, 414 (text)]

Alaena nyassa Hewitson, 1877

-. See [About maps] Alaena nyassa Hewitson, 1877; Ent. mon. Mag. 14 : 6, TL: Lake Nyassa
Alaena nyassa var. ochracea Butler, 1894; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1893 : 659, TL: Zomba
Alaena nyassa ; [AfrL]

A. n. nyassa

Malawi, Rhodesia Alaena nyassa nyassa ; [BAFR, 415]; [AfrL]

A. n. major Oberthür, 1888

E.Tanzania (Usambara, Uluguru Mts) Alaena major Oberthür, 1888; Étud. d'Ent. 12 : 7, pl. 2, f. 5
Alaena nyassa major ; [BAFR, 415 (text)]; [AfrL]

A. n. marmorata Hawker-Smith, 1933

Zaire, NW.Zambia - Lake Tanganyika Alaena nyassa marmorata ; [BAFR, 415 (text)]; [AfrL]

Alaena ackeryi D'Abrera, 1980

S.Malawi (Mt Mlanje). See [About maps] Alaena ackeryi D'Abrera, 1980; Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region: 415, figs., TL: Mlanje, Nyasaland

Alaena johanna Sharpe, 1890

E.Kenya, Tanzania, Somalia, Ethiophia. See [About maps] Johanna's Zulu
Alaena johanna Sharpe, 1890; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 5 (30) : 442, TL: [East Africa]
Alaena johanna ; [BAFR, 415]; [BK: 155, pl. 12, f. 115]; [AfrL]

A. j. johanna

Alaena johanna johanna ; [BK, 155 (note)]; [AfrL]

A. j. tsavoa Jackson, 1966

Alaena johanna tsavoa ; [BK, 155 (note)]; [AfrL]

Alaena ngonga Jackson, 1966

C.Kenya (endemic). See [About maps] Alaena ngonga ; [BAFR, 415]; [BK: 156, pl. 12, f. 116]; [AfrL]

Alaena caissa Rebel & Rogenhofer, 1894

-. See [About maps] Alaena caissa ; [AfrL]

A. c. caissa

N.Tanzania Alaena caissa caissa ; [BAFR, 415 (text)]; [AfrL]

A. c. kagera Talbot, 1935

Uganda (W of Lake Victoria) Alaena caissa kagera ; [BAFR, 415]; [AfrL]

Alaena ferrulineata Hawker-Smith, 1933

N.Tanzania (Ngorongoro Crater, L. Manyara), S.Tanzania (Chunya). See [About maps] Alaena ferrulineata ; [BAFR, 415]; [AfrL]

Alaena reticulata Butler, 1896

Malawi, Zambia, S.Tanzania. See [About maps] Alaena reticulata ; [BAFR, 415]; [AfrL]

Alaena subrubra Bethune-Baker, 1915

S.Sudan, N.Uganda. See [About maps] Alaena subrubra ; [BAFR, 416]; [AfrL]

Alaena maculata Hawker-Smith, 1933

-. See [About maps] Alaena maculata ; [AfrL]

A. m. maculata

SE.Zaire Alaena maculata maculata ; [BAFR, 416]

A. m. ochrea Hawker-Smith˛

S.Zaire (Luvau Valley) Alaena maculata ochrea ; [BAFR, 416 (text)]

Alaena picata Sharpe, 1896

Malawi - Kenya. See [About maps] Alaena picata Sharpe, 1896; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 17 (98) : 126
Alaena picata ; Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1902, Rhop. Exot. [3] 3: (Lycaenidae) 143, pl. 30, f. 1-2; [BAFR, 416 (text)]; [BK: 156, pl. 12, f. 117]; [AfrL]

A. p. picata

Alaena picata picata ; [AfrL]

A. p. interrupta Hawker-Smith, 1933

Alaena picata interrupta ; [BAFR, 416]; [BK, 156 (note)]; [AfrL]

Alaena kiellandi Carcasson, 1965

SW.Tanzania. See [About maps] Alaena kiellandi ; [BAFR, 416]; [AfrL]

Alaena ochracea Gifford, 1965

S.Malawi (Shire Highlands). See [About maps] Alaena ochracea ; [BAFR, 416]; [AfrL]

Alaena rosei Vane-Wright, 1980

Angola. See [About maps] Alaena rosei Vane-Wright, 1980; in D'Abrera, Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region: 416, figs, TL: Angola, 10 miles east of Gabela
Alaena rosei ; [AfrL]

Alaena lamborni Gifford, 1965

S.Malawi (Mangoche, Mlanje, Cholo, Limbe). See [About maps] Alaena lamborni ; [BAFR, 416 (text)]; [AfrL]

Alaena oberthuri Aurivillius, 1899

SE.Zaire, NW.Zambia - L. Tanganyika. See [About maps] Alaena oberthuri Aurivillius, 1899; K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 31 (5) : 256
Alaena oberthuri ; [BAFR, 416 (text, = maculata?)]; [AfrL]

Alaena sp. [Collins]

S.Kenya (South Kavirondo). See [About maps] Alaena sp. ; [BK: 156, pl. 12, f. 118]

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References:

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

[AfrL]

Mark C. Williams; Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperoidea; Compiled by Mark C. Williams, 7th ed. (2008) (April 2007); Afrototropical Butterflies; e-mail: Mark C. Williams

[BAFR]

D'Abrera, 1980; Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region

[BK]

Larsen, 1996; The Butterflies of Kenya and their natural history

[PBSA]

Dickson, C.G.C (ed.), Kroon, D.M.; Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa; AD. DONKER 1978

[˛]

This may require parentheses or not. I don't have the necessary information for this taxon.

Some related literature:

Aurivillius, 1899

Rhopalocera Aethiopica. Die tagfalter des Aethiopischen Faunegebietes K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 31 (5) : 1-561, pl. 1-6

Boisduval, 1847

Catalogue des Lépidoptčres recuellis par M. Delegorgue, 1833-1844 in Delegorgue, Voyage Afr. australe, 2: 585-614

Butler, 1883

On some Lepidoptera from the Victoria Nyanza Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 12 (68) : 101-107

Butler, 1894

On two collection of Lepidoptera sent by H. H. Johnston, Esq., C.B., from British Central Africa Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1893 : 643-684, pl. 60 (1894)

Butler, 1895

On collections of Lepidoptera from British Central Africa and Lake Tanganyika Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895 (2) : 250-270, pl. 15-16

Eliot, 1973

The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative Arrangement Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 373-505, 162fgs, pl. 1-6

Eltringham, 1929

African Rhopalocera: Descriptions and notes Trans. R. ent. Soc. 77 : 475-505, pl. 30-31

Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1902

Rhopalocera Exotica, being Illustrations of New, Rare, and Unfigured Species of Butterflies Rhop. Exot. [1] 1: (Ornithoptera) 1-2, pl. 1 (1887), [1] 2: (Ornithoptera) 3-4, pl. 2 (1892), [1] 3: (Ornithoptera) [5-6] 1-2, pl. 3 (1900), [1] 3: (Ornithoptera) 7-8, pl. 4 (1901), [1] 1: (Papilio) 1-2, pl. 1 (1887), [1] 1: (Papilio) 3-5,7-14, pl. 2-6 (1888), [1] 1: (Papilio) 15-20, pl. 7-9 (1890), [1] 1: (Papilio) 21-25, pl. 10-11 (1891), [1] 2: (Papilio) 27-31, pl. 12-13 (1893), [1] 2: (Papilio) 33-35, pl. 14 (1894), [1] 2: (Papilio) 37-38, pl. 15 (1895), [1] 2: (Papilio) 39-40, pl. 16 (1897), [1] 3: (Papilio) 41-46, pl. 17-19 (1899), [1] 3: (Papilio) 47-48, pl. 20 (1900), [1] 3: (Papilio) 49-50, pl. 21 (1901), [1] 3: (Papilio) 51-55, pl. 22-23 (1902), [1] 1: (Delias) 1-3, pl. 1 (1889), [1] 2: (Delias) 5-7, 9-11, pl. 2-3 (1893), [1] 2: (Delias) 12-18, pl. 4-5 (1895), [1] 2: (Delias) 20-22, pl. 6 (1896), [1] 3: (Delias) 24-26, pl. 7 (1897), [1] 3: (Delias) 28-35, pl. 8-9 (1901), [1] 3: (Delias) 36-38, pl. 10 (1902), [1] 1: (Pieridae) 1-3, pl. 1 (1888), [1] 2: (Pinacopteryx) 1-4, pl. 1 (1893), [1] 1: (Callosune) 1-3, pl. 1 (1889), [1] 3: (Huphina) 1-7, pl. 1-2 (1898), [1] 3: (Huphina) [8],9-10, pl. 3 (1899), [1] 1: (Elodina) 1-4, pl. 1 (1890), [1] 1: (Belenois) 1-4, pl. 1 (1892), [1] 2: (Belenois) 5-8, pl. 2 (1892), [1] 3: (Mylothris) 1-3, 5-7, pl. 1-2 (1900), [1] 1: (Ixias) 1-3, pl. 1 (1888), [1] 2: (Appias) 1-3, pl. 1 (1894), [1] 1: (Pierinae) 5-7, pl. 2 (1889), [1] 2: (Dismorphia) 1-4, pl. 1 (1896), [1] 2: (Dismorphia) 5-9, 11-15, pl. 2-3 (1897), [2] 1: (Asthipa) 1-3, pl. 1 (1890), [2] 2: (Asthipa) 5-6, pl. 2 (1896), [2] 2: (Ravadeba) 7, pl. 1 (1896), [2] 2: (Mycalesis) 1-4, pl. 1 (1895), [2] 2: (Mycalesis) 5-12, pl. 2-3 (1896), [2] 3: (Mycalesis) 13-18, pl. 4-5 (1902), [2] 3: (Libythea) 1-2, pl. 1 (1902), : (Ragadia-Argyronympha-Hypocysta) : 1-6, pl. [1] (1895), [2] 2: (Pedaliodes) 1-5, pl. 1 (1893), [2] 2: (Pedaliodes) 7-9, pl. 2 (1894), [2] 2: (Pedaliodes) 10-14, pl. 3 (1895), [2] 3: (Pedaliodes) 15-20, pl. 4-5, (Oxeoschistus) 1 (1900), [2] 3: (Pronophila) 1-2, pl. 1, (Oxeoschistus) 2-3, pl. 1 (1900), [2] 2: (Elymnias) 1-4, pl. 1 (1896), [2] 3: (Elymnias) 5-6, pl. 2, (Bruasa) 6-7, pl. 1 (1897), [2] 1: (Morpho) 1-2, pl. 1 (1890), [2] 3: (Morphotenaris-Hyantis) 1-3, pl. [1] (1898), [2] 2: (Tenaris) 1-3, 5-7, pl. 1-2 (1894), [2] 2: (Tenaris) 9-11, pl. 3 (1895), [2] 2: (Tenaris) 13-15, pl. 4 (1896), [2] 3: (Tenaris) 17-18, pl. 5 (1898), [2] 1: (Heliconius) 1-3, pl. 1 (1892), [2] 1: (Acraea) 1-6, pl. 1-2 (1889), [2] 1: (Acraea) 7-10, pl. 3 (1892), [2] 2: (Acraea) 11-14, pl. 4 (1892), [2] 2: (Acraea) 15-18, pl. 5 (1894), [2] 3: (Acraea) 19-29, pl. 6-8, (Planema) 29-30, pl. [1] (1901), [2] 1: (Cethosia) 1-2, pl. 1 (1889), [2] 3: (Cirrhochroa) 1, pl. [1], (Cupha) 2-4, pl. [1] (1898), [2] 2: (Terinos) 1-2, pl. 1 (1894), [2] 1: (Thaleropis) 1-3, pl. 1 (1891), [2] 2: (Doleschallia) 1-3,5-7, pl. 1-2 (1893), [2] 2: (Kallima) 1-3, pl. 1 (1892), [2] 1: (Hypolimnas) 1-2, pl. 1 (1891), [2] 3: (Hypolimnas) 3-4, pl. 2 (1897), [2] 3: (Hypolimnas) 5-6, pl. 3 (1898), [2] 1: (Euxanthe) 1-3, pl. 1 (1890), [2] 1: (Hestina) 1-3, pl. 1 (1891), [2] 1: (Cymothoe) 1-4, pl. 1 (1890), [2] 3: (Limenitis) 1-3, pl. 1 (1899), [2] 2: (Neptis) 1-4, pl. 1 (1895), [2] 3: (Neptis) 5-11, pl. 2-3 (1899), [2] 3: (Neptis) 13-17, pl. 4-5 (1900), [2] 1: (Euthalia-Tanaecia) 1-3, pl. 1 (1889), [2] 1: (Euthalia) 5-10, pl. 2-3 (1891), [2] 2: (Euthalia) 11-14, pl. 4 (1894), [2] 3: (Euthalia) 15, pl. 5, (Dichorragia) 16, pl. 1 (1898), [2] 1: (Apatura) 1-3, pl. 1 (1892), [2] 1: (Euphaedra) 1-2, pl. 1 (1889), [2] 1: (Euryphene) 1-3, pl. 1 (1889), [2] 1: (Charaxes) 1-2,[3-4] pl. 1-2 (1887), [2] 1: (Charaxes) [5], pl. 3 (1888), [2] 1: (Charaxes) 7-9, pl. 4 (1890), [2] 1: (Charaxes) 11-13, pl. 5 (1891), [2] 1: (Mynes) 1-2, pl. 1 (1888), [2] 2: (Mynes) 3-6, pl. 2 (1894), [2] 2: (Prothoe) 1-2, pl. 1 (1896), [3] 3: (Erycinidae) 1-10, pl. 1-2 (1902), [3] 2: (Dicallaneura-etc) 1-6, pl. 1 (1897), [3] 3: (Dicallaneura-etc) 7-11, pl. 2 (1901), [3] 1: (Lycaenidae) 1-4,[5-9] 1-5, pl. 1-2 (1887), [3] 1: (Lycaenidae) 11-17, 19-22, pl. 3-5 (1888), [3] 1: (Lycaenidae) 23-25, 27-29, 31-33, pl. 6-8 (1889), [3] 1: (Lycaenidae) 35-48, pl. 9-11 (1890), [3] 1: (Lycaenidae) 49-51,53-64, pl. 12-15 (1891), [3] 2: (Lycaenidae) 65-68, pl. 16 (1892), [3] 1: (Lycaenidae) [69-72] 57-60, pl. 17 (1892), [3] 2: (Lycaenidae) [73-77] 61-65,79-84, pl. 18-19 (1892), [3] 2: (Lycaenidae) 85-107, pl. 20-23 (1893), [3] 2: (Lycaenidae) 109-120, pl. 24-25 (1894), [3] 3: (Lycaenidae) 121-125, pl. 26 (1900), [3] 3: (Lycaenidae) 127-131, 133-141, pl. 27-29 (1901), [3] 3: (Lycaenidae) 143-146, pl. 30 (1902), [3] 2: (Hypochrysops) 1-6, pl. 1 (1894), [3] 2: (Hypochrysops) 7-13, 15-22, pl. 2-3 (1895), [3] 2: (Thysonotis) 23-25, 27-31, pl. 1-2 (1895), [3] 2: (Waigeum) 34-38, pl. 1 (1896), [3] 2: (Thysonotis) 39-46, pl. 3-4 (1896), [3] 2: (Holochila) 1-4, pl. 1 (1896), [3] 2: (Holochila) 5-8, pl. 2 (1897), [3] 2: (Pseudonotis) 1-3, pl. [1], (Epimastidia) 4-5, pl. [1], (Lampides) 5-8, pl. [1] (1897), [3] 2: (Lampides) 9-10, pl. 2, (Thysonotis) 47, pl. 5 (1897), [3] 3: (Holochila) 9-11, pl. 3 (1898), [3] 3: (Arhopala) 1-7, pl. 1-2 (1898), [3] 3: (Arhopala) 9-12, pl. 3, (Ilerda) 13, pl. [1], (Horaga) 14-15, pl. [1] (1902), [3] 3: (Thysonotis) 47x,48-50, pl. 6 (1898), [3] 3: (Hypochrysops) 23-26, pl. 4 (1898), [3] 3: (Holochila) 13-15, pl. 4 (1899), [3] 3: (Hypochrysops) 27-29, pl. 5, (Waigeum) [30], pl. 2 (1899), [3] 3: (Holochila) 17-19, pl. 5 (1899), [3] 3: (Thysonotis) 51-54, pl. 7 (1899), [3] 3: (Jamides) 11-14, pl. 1 (1900), [3] 3: (Hypolycaena-etc) 1-4, pl. [1] (1900), [3] 3: (Hypochrysops) 31-33, pl. 6, (Thysonotis) 55-56, pl. 8 (1900), [3]: (Additions-Corrections) 1-2,[3],vii-x

Hewitson, 1877

Description of a new species of butterfly from Lake Nyassa Ent. mon. Mag. 14 : 5-6

Oberthür, 1888

Lépidoptčres exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus Étud. d'Ent. 12 : 1-8, pl. 1-3,7

Sharpe, 1890

Further Descriptions of Butterflies and Moths collected by Mr. F. J. Jackson in Eastern Africa Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 5 (30) : 440-443

Sharpe, 1896

Descriptions of Three new Species of Lepidoptera from East Africa Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 17 (98) : 125-127

Suffert, 1904

Neue afrikansche Tagfalter aus dem kön. zool. Museum, Berlin, und meiner Sammlung Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 12-107, pl. 1-3

Suffert, 1904

Eine neue Lycaenide aus Deutsche-Ostafrika Insektenbörse 21 : 134

Thieme, 1904

Eine neue Alaena aus Deutsch Ost-Afrika Berl. ent. Z. 49 (1/1) : 164, pl. 1

Vári, 1976

South African Lepidoptera 7. Descriptions and notes of new taxa of Rhopalocera Ann. Transv. Mus. 30 (13) : 121-144, 5pls

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