Alaena margaritacea

Taxobox
name = Alaena margaritacea


status = VU | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
familia = Lycaenidae
genus = "Alaena"
species = "A. margaritacea"
binomial = "Alaena margaritacea"
binomial_authority = Eltringham, 1929
synonyms =

"Alaena margaritacea" is a species of butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is monotypic within the genus "Alaena". It is endemic to South Africa.

References

* Gimenez Dixon, M. 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/772/all Alaena margaritacea] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 31 July 2007.