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Mimacraea fulvaria
Top left image from Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Mimacraea
Species:	M. fulvaria
Binomial name
Mimacraea fulvaria Aurivillius, 1895
Synonyms
Mimacraea neurata fulvaria Mimacraea angustata Schultze, 1923 Mimacraea neurata fulvaria f. incurvata Talbot, 1935 Mimacraea neurata fulvaria f. lineata Talbot, 1935 Mimacraea eltringhami Druce, 1912 Mimacraea eltringhami burgeoni Hawker-Smith, 1928

Mimacraea fulvaria is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania. 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 the Congo: Ubangi, Shaba and Kinshasa)
• Mimacraea fulvaria eltringhami Druce, 1912 (Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania)

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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