| Alaena lamborni | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Riodinidae |
| Genus: | Alaena |
| Species: | A. lamborni |
| Binomial name | |
| Alaena lamborni Gifford, 1965 [1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Alaena lamborni is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in southern Malawi. [2]
It is named for W.A. Lamborn. [3]
Alaena is a genus of butterflies, commonly called Zulus, in the family Lycaenidae. They are endemic to the Afrotropics.
Neaveia is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae which is endemic to the Afrotropical realm. Its only species, Neaveia lamborni, the pierine blue, is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. Both the genus and species were first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1910. The habitat consists of forests and open areas.
Alaena bicolora is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found from eastern to south-western Tanzania. The habitat consists of rocky areas in woodland.
Alaena bjornstadi is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Tanzania. Its habitat consists of rocky grassland.
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.
Alaena caissa is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Uganda and Tanzania. Its habitat consists of open, rocky areas.
Alaena dodomaensis is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Tanzania. The habitat consists of medium altitude Brachystegia woodland and thornbush on rocky hillsides at altitudes ranging from 700 to 1,400 metres.
Alaena exotica, the Jos Zulu, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found on the Jos Plateau of Nigeria. The habitat consists of rocky areas with tall grass.
Alaena interposita is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Tanzania. The habitat consists of Brachystegia woodland.
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.
Alaena kiellandi is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in western Tanzania. The habitat consists of rocky outcrops at altitudes between 1,000 and 1,700 metres.
Alaena maculata is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Alaena ochracea is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Malawi. The habitat consists of the fringes of submontane evergreen forests.
Alaena ngonga, the Ngong Zulu, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in central Kenya and Tanzania. The habitat consists of rocky hillsides in savanna.
Alaena nyassa, the pied Zulu, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. The habitat consists of riverine woodland, grassy places in savanna regions, montane grassland with rocky outcrops, forest margins, heavy woodland and rocky streams.
Alaena picata is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi. The habitat consists of rocky stream beds in forests and forest margins at altitudes ranging from 300 to 1,500 metres.
Alaena reticulata is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in southern Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.
Alaena rosei is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Angola, where it is only known from the area near Gabela and the vicinity of Lubango.
Alaena unimaculosa is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Lualaba), Tanzania and Zambia. The habitat consists of rocky areas in woodland and montane grassland.
William Alfred Stedwell Lamborn was a British physician and medical entomologist who worked in Southeast Asia and Africa, conducting studies on malaria and trypanosoma while also collecting and studying insects. A number of insect species including Alaena lamborni, Aslauga lamborni, Sphecodemyia lamborni, Praestochrysis lamborni; and the ciliate genus Lambornella are named after him.
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