Biology:Mimacraea darwinia
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Mimacraea darwinia | |
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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. darwinia
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| Binomial name | |
| Mimacraea darwinia Butler, 1872[1]
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Mimacraea darwinia, the common acraea mimic, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon and possibly the western part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Adult males mimic Bematistes epaea.
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mimacraea darwinia. |
- ↑ Mimacraea at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
- ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Mimacraeina". http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/lycaenidae_mimacraeina.doc.
Wikidata ☰ Q6861938 entry
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