Alaena brainei

Alaena brainei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Alaena
Species: A. brainei
Binomial name
Alaena brainei
Vári, 1976[1]

Alaena brainei, Braine’s Zulu, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in north-central Namibia.[2] The habitat consists of rocky grassland.

Adults are on wing from November to the beginning of May.

Larvae feed on algae (Cyanophyta) growing on rocks.

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