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Alaena unimaculosa

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Alaena unimaculosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Alaena
Species:
A. unimaculosa
Binomial name
Alaena unimaculosa
Hawker-Smith, 1926[1]

Alaena unimaculosa is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Lualaba), Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of rocky areas in woodland and montane grassland.

Subspecies

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  • Alaena unimaculosa unimaculosa (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Lualaba)
  • Alaena unimaculosa aurantiaca Butler, 1895 (Tanzania: south-west to the Tabora Region, northern Zambia)

References

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  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.