Mimacraea gelinia

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

Mimacraea gelinia
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
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 gelinia Oberthür, 1893

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

Subspecies
  • Mimacraea gelinia gelinia (Tanzania: north-east to Usambara)
  • Mimacraea gelinia nguru Kielland, 1986 (Tanzania: Nguru mountains)

References
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  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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