Mimacraea gelinia

Updated on Dec 23, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lycaenidae		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Mimacraea

Mimacraea gelinia is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests.

Adults of subspecies M. g. nguru resemble day-flying geometrid moths of the Scopula genus.

Subspecies

Mimacraea gelinia gelinia (Tanzania: north-east to Usambara)

Mimacraea gelinia nguru Kielland, 1986 (Tanzania: Nguru mountains)

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