Alaena unimaculosa

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Poritiinae
Tribus: Liptenini
Subtribus: Pentilina
Genus: Alaena
Species: Alaena unimaculosa
Subspecies: (2) per Williams, 2007.
A. u. aurantiaca – A. u. unimaculosa

Name

Alaena unimaculosa Hawker-Smith, 1926.

Type locality: Democratic Republic of Congo: “Sandoa, Belgian Congo”..

Types: RMCA, HT ♂ images, AT ♀ images.

Synonymy

• Alaena unimaculosa Hawker-Smith, 1926: 237.
• Alaena unimaculata [sic] Hawker-Smith; Stempffer, 1967: 9. Mis-spelling.
• Alaena unimaculosa unimaculosa Hawker-Smith; Williams, 2007: Pentilina 19

References

• Hawker-Smith, W., 1926. Some new Lycaenidae in the Congo Museum. Revue Zoologique Africaine 14: 237–241. Reference page. 
• Stempffer, H. 1967. The genera of the African Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology. Supplement 10: 322pp, 1pl. BHL Reference page. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.