Mimacraea fulvaria
| Mimacraea fulvaria | |
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| Alaena nyassa depicted in Seitz 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] | |
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Mimacraea fulvaria is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of 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 Congo: Ubangi, Shaba and Kinshasa)
- Mimacraea fulvaria eltringhami Druce, 1912 (Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania)
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