Stugeta mimetica

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Stugeta mimetica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Stugeta
Species:
S. mimetica
Binomial name
Stugeta mimetica

Stugeta mimetica is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1916. It is found in Tanzania. [2]

The larvae feed on Emelianthe panganensis , Helixanthera tetrapartita and Loranthus species.

References

  1. Iolaus at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Iolaina