Alaena, Boisduval, 1847

Bland, Keith P., 2019, Name-bearing types of butterflies (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea), in the National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh, Zootaxa 4559 (1), pp. 57-89 : 82

Alaena LAMBORNI Gifford, 1965

A List of the Butterflies of Malawi, The Society of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi, 177 pp. [41–42], plate D, figure 52 and 53. Combination still valid (see Ackery, Smith and Vane-Wright, 1995).

Holotype, male, pinned; also allotype female and paratype male. Specimen data: Specimen a: “Holo | type | ♂ ” [Round, red-bordered label]. “Soche Mtn | Nyasaland | 6.xi.55 ” [Handwritten]. “ HOLOTYPE | Alaena ♂ | lambourni [sic] Gifford 1965 [Handwritten] | det. M.R.Shaw, 1981 [Printed]”. “RSM 1981.144” [Handwritten]. Specimen b: “Allo | type | ♀ ” [Round, red-bordered label]. “Crater Mlanje | Nyasaland | 12.ii.56 ” [Handwritten]. “ ALLOTYPE | Alaena ♀ | lamborni Gifford 1965 [Handwritten] | det.M.R.Shaw, 1981 [Printed].” “RSM 1981.144” [Handwritten]. Specimen c: “ Paratype ” [Round, yellow bordered label]. “Glenorchy, Mlanje, Nyasaland 28.viii.55 ” [Handwritten]. “ PARATYPE Alaena ♂ lamborni Gifford 1965 [Handwritten] det. M.R.Shaw, 1981 [Printed]”. “RSM 1981.144” [Handwritten]. Remarks: The status of these specimens is unambiguous, agreeing in every respect with the data quoted by Gifford (1965). The species is illustrated in colour in Plate D, figures 52 and 53 ( Gifford, 1965). Another paratype from the J. Handman collection mentioned by Gifford (1965) and from “Mlanje, 27.xii 1960 ” cannot be located.