Biology:Mimacraea gelinia
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Short description: Species of butterfly
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Mimacraea |
| Species: | M. gelinia
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| Mimacraea gelinia (Oberthür, 1893)[1]
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Mimacraea gelinia is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Adults of subspecies M. g. nguru resemble day-flying geometrid moths of the genus Scopula.
Subspecies
- Mimacraea gelinia gelinia (Tanzania: north-east to Usambara)
- Mimacraea gelinia nguru Kielland, 1986 (Tanzania: Nguru mountains)
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mimacraea gelinia. |
- ↑ Mimacraea at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
- ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Mimacraeina". http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/lycaenidae_mimacraeina.doc.
Wikidata ☰ Q6861945 entry
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