Biology:Mimacraea skoptoles

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Short description: Species of butterfly

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

Mimacraea skoptoles is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1907.[1] It is found in Tanzania (Kigoma and Mpanda), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Katanga) 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

Wikidata ☰ Q6861964 entry