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, 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 (Cyanophyta) growing on rocks.
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