Alaena johanna: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Genus
- Alaena
- Species
- Alaena johanna
- Scientific Name
- Alaena johanna
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Alaena johanna
Alaena johanna, the Johanna's Zulu, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya and Tanzania. The habitat consists of savanna and rocky hillsides at altitudes ranging from 1,200 to 1,900 metres.
The larvae probably feed on lichens.
...Alaena johanna in languages:
- English
- Johanna’s Zulu
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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