Mimacraea skoptoles

Mimacraea skoptoles
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Mimacraea
Species: M. skoptoles
Binomial name
Mimacraea skoptoles
Druce, 1907[1]
Synonyms
  • Mimacraea krausei ab. obsolescens Hawker-Smith, 1926

Mimacraea skoptoles is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Tanzania (Kigoma and Mpanda), the Democratic Republic of Congo (Shaba) and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of riverine forests.

Females have been observed laying eggs among lichens on the bark of trees, which are presumably the larval host.

References

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