Alaena picata
Alaena picata is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi.[2] The habitat consists of rocky stream beds in forests and forest margins at altitudes ranging from 300 to 1,500 metres.
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The larvae possibly feed on tree lichens.
Subspecies
- Alaena picata picata (Kenya: south-east, including the coast, eastern Tanzania)
- Alaena picata interrupta Hawker-Smith, 1933 (Malawi: south to the south-western slopes of Mount Mlanje)
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- Alaena at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
- "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Pentilina". Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2012-09-21.
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