Mimacraea gelinia

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Mimacraea gelinia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Mimacraea
Species:
M. gelinia
Binomial name
Mimacraea gelinia
(Oberthür, 1893) [1]
Synonyms
  • Liptena geliniaOberthür, 1893

Mimacraea gelinia is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Tanzania. [2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults of subspecies M. g. nguru resemble day-flying geometrid moths of the genus Scopula .

Subspecies

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References

  1. Mimacraea at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Mimacraeina". Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2012-10-01.