Alaena caissa

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| authority = Rebel & Rogenhofer, 1894[http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/poritiinae/alaena/index.html Alaena] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms

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  • Alaena kagera Talbot, 1935

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Alaena caissa is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Uganda and Tanzania.{{Cite web |url=http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/lycaenidae_pentilina.doc |title=Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Pentilina |access-date=2012-09-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202095926/http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/lycaenidae_pentilina.doc |archive-date=2014-02-02 |url-status=dead }} Its habitat consists of open, rocky areas.

Subspecies

  • Alaena caissa caissa (northern Tanzania)
  • Alaena caissa kagera Talbot, 1935 (Tanzania: north-west to the Kagera and Bukoba Districts, Uganda: open areas west of Lake Victoria)

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Category:Butterflies described in 1894

Category:Alaena

Category:Butterflies of Africa

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