Alaena ferrulineata

Alaena ferrulineata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Alaena
Species: A. ferrulineata
Binomial name
Alaena ferrulineata
Hawker-Smith, 1933[1]

Alaena ferrulineata is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in northern and southern Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of rocky hillsides in dry thorn country and mountains at altitudes ranging from 1,000 to 2,000 metres.

References

  1. Alaena at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Pentilina


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