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Mimacraea apicalis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Mimacraea
Species:	M. apicalis
Binomial name
Mimacraea apicalis Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1889

Mimacraea apicalis, the central acraea mimic, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon and the Republic of the Congo.

Adult males mimic Bematistes tellus, while females appear to mimic Acraea oberthueri.

Subspecies

• Mimacraea apicalis apicalis (Nigeria, Cameroon)
• Mimacraea apicalis gabonica Libert, 2000 (Gabon, Congo)

References

1. Mimacraea at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Mimacraeina". Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2012-10-01.

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• Butterflies described in 1889
• Poritiinae
• Butterflies of Africa
• Taxa named by Henley Grose-Smith
• Taxa named by William Forsell Kirby
• Poritiinae stubs