Mimacraea fulvaria

Mimacraea fulvaria is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of dense forests.

Mimacraea fulvaria
Top left image from Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Mimacraea
Species:
M. fulvaria
Binomial name
Mimacraea fulvaria
Synonyms
  • Mimacraea neurata fulvaria
  • Mimacraea angustata Schultze, 1923
  • Mimacraea neurata fulvaria f. incurvata Talbot, 1935
  • Mimacraea neurata fulvaria f. lineata Talbot, 1935
  • Mimacraea eltringhami Druce, 1912
  • Mimacraea eltringhami burgeoni Hawker-Smith, 1928

Adults mimic Acraea aurivillii.

The larvae feed on algae growing on tree trunks.

Subspecies
  • Mimacraea fulvaria fulvaria (Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ubangi, Shaba and Kinshasa)
  • Mimacraea fulvaria eltringhami Druce, 1912 (Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania)

References
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Wikispecies has information related to Mimacraea fulvaria.
  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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