Alaena brainei: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Genus
- Alaena
- Species
- Alaena brainei
- Scientific Name
- Alaena brainei
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Alaena brainei
Alaena brainei, the Braine's Zulu, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in north-central Namibia. The habitat consists of rocky grassland.
Adults are on wing from November to the beginning of May.
Larvae feed on algae (Cyanobacteria) growing on rocks.
...Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Alaena amazoula
- Alaena bicolora
- Alaena bjornstadi
- Alaena brainei
- Alaena caissa
- Alaena dodomaensis
- Alaena exotica
- Alaena ferrulineata
- Alaena interposita
- Alaena johanna
- Alaena kiellandi
- Alaena lamborni
- Alaena maculata
- Alaena madibirensis
- Alaena margaritacea
- Alaena nyassa
- Alaena oberthuri
- Alaena picata
- Alaena tsavoa
- Alaena unimaculosa