Alaena picata
| Alaena picata | |
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| Alaena picata figures 1, 2 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Alaena |
| Species: | A. picata |
| Binomial name | |
| Alaena picata Sharpe, 1896[1] | |
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Alaena picata is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. 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.
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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