Mimacraea paragora

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Mimacraea paragora
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In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana as laeta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Mimacraea
Species:
M. paragora
Binomial name
Mimacraea paragora
Rebel, 1911 [1]
Synonyms
  • Mimacraea laetaSchultze, 1912

Mimacraea paragora is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [2]

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.


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