Mimacraea fulvaria
Mimacraea fulvaria | |
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Top left image from Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Mimacraea |
Species: | M. fulvaria |
Binomial name | |
Mimacraea fulvaria Aurivillius, 1895[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Mimacraea fulvaria is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. 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.
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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- ↑ Mimacraea at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Mimacraeina
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