Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lycaenidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Mimacraea | |
Mimacraea skoptoles is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Tanzania (Kigoma and Mpanda), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Shaba) and Zambia. 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.
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