Mimacraea

Mimacraea
Mimacraea landbecki Figs 7, 8
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Mimacraea
Butler, 1872

Mimacraea is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The members (species) of this genus are endemic to the Afrotropics. As the name suggests, Mimacraea species are mimics of species in the Acraea genus and related genera.

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