Alaena amazoula
| Yellow zulu | |
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| A. a. ochroma, male | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Alaena |
| Species: | A. amazoula |
| Binomial name | |
| Alaena amazoula (Boisduval, 1847)[1] | |
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The Yellow zulu (Alaena amazoula) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in southern Africa.
The wingspan is 22–28 mm for males and 25–32 mm for females. Adults are on wing from October to May (with a peak from December to January). There is one generation per year.[2]
The larvae feed on Cyanobacteria species.
Subspecies
- Alaena amazoula amazoula (East Cape to northern KwaZulu-Natal)
- Alaena amazoula congoana Aurivillius, 1914 (southern Zaire, Angola, Namibia)
- Alaena amazoula nyasana Hawker-Smith, 1933
- Alaena amazoula ochroma Vári, 1976 (Swaziland to Mpumalanga, Gauteng, the Orange Free State, Limpopo, North West Province, Mozambique, Zimbabwe)
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