Alaena brainei
Alaena brainei | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Alaena |
Species: | A. brainei |
Binomial name | |
Alaena brainei Vári, 1976[1] | |
Alaena brainei, the Braine's Zulu, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in north-central Namibia.[2] The habitat consists of rocky grassland.
Adults are on wing from November to the beginning of May.
Larvae feed on algae (Cyanobacteria) growing on rocks.
References
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- ↑ Alaena at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Pentilina
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