Alaena oberthuri is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (from the south-eastern part of the country to Haut-Lomami). The species was first described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1899.[2]

Alaena oberthuri
In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Alaena
Species:
A. oberthuri
Binomial name
Alaena oberthuri

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  1. Savela, Markku. "Alaena oberthuri Aurivillius, 1899". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Pentilina". Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2012-09-21.