Alaena caissa
Species of Butterfly
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Alaena caissa is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Uganda and Tanzania.[2] Its habitat consists of open, rocky areas.
| Alaena caissa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Alaena |
| Species: | A. caissa |
| Binomial name | |
| Alaena caissa | |
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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)
