Mimacraea gelinia
| Mimacraea gelinia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Mimacraea |
| Species: | M. gelinia |
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| Mimacraea gelinia (Oberthür, 1893)[1] | |
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Mimacraea gelinia is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Adults of subspecies M. g. nguru resemble day-flying geometrid moths of the Scopula genus.
Subspecies
- Mimacraea gelinia gelinia (Tanzania: north-east to Usambara)
- Mimacraea gelinia nguru Kielland, 1986 (Tanzania: Nguru mountains)
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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