Alaena caissa
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Alaena caissa is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Uganda and Tanzania.[2] The 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)
References
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- ^ Alaena at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Pentilina