Alaena

Zulu butterflies
File:Alaena amazoula ochroma, m, ondersy, a, Zoutpan.jpg
Alaena amazoula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Subfamily:	Poritiinae
Genus:	Alaena Boisduval, 1847

Alaena is a genus of butterfly, commonly called zulus, in the family Lycaenidae. They are endemic to the Afrotropics.

Species

Listed alphabetically.

• Alaena amazoula Boisduval, 1847 – Yellow zulu
• Alaena bicolora Bethune-Baker, 1924
• Alaena bjornstadi Kielland, 1993
• Alaena brainei Vári, 1976
• Alaena caissa Rebel & Rogenhofer, 1894
• Alaena dodomaensis Kielland, 1983
• Alaena exotica Collins & Larsen, 2005
• Alaena ferrulineata Hawker-Smith, 1933
• Alaena interposita Butler, 1883
• Alaena johanna Sharpe, 1890 – Johanna's zulu
• Alaena kiellandi Carcasson, 1965
• Alaena lamborni Gifford, 1965
• Alaena maculata Hawker-Smith, 1933
• Alaena madibirensis Wichgraf, 1921
• Alaena margaritacea Eltringham, 1929 – Wolkberg zulu
• Alaena ngonga Jackson, 1966
• Alaena nyassa Hewitson, 1877
• Alaena oberthuri Aurivillius, 1899
• Alaena ochracea Gifford, 1965
• Alaena picata Sharpe, 1896
• Alaena reticulata Butler, 1896
• Alaena rosei Vane-Wright, 1980
• Alaena subrubra Bethune-Baker, 1915
• Alaena unimaculosa Hawker-Smith, 1926

References

• Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005.
• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 61