Mimacraea darwinia
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Mimacraea |
Species: | M. darwinia
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Binomial name | |
Mimacraea darwinia |
Mimacraea darwinia, the common acraea mimic, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon and possibly the western part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Adult males mimic Bematistes epaea.
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- ^ Mimacraea at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Mimacraeina". Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2012-10-01.
Categories:
- Butterflies described in 1872
- Poritiinae
- Butterflies of Africa
- Taxa named by Arthur Gardiner Butler
- Poritiinae stubs