Mimacraea gelinia

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Mimacraea gelinia
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Mimacraea
Species: M. gelinia
Binomial name
Mimacraea gelinia
(Oberthür, 1893)[1]
Synonyms
  • Liptena gelinia Oberthür, 1893

Mimacraea gelinia is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults of subspecies nguru resemble day-flying geometrid moths of the Aletis genus.

Subspecies

  • Mimacraea gelinia gelinia (Tanzania: north-east to Usambara)
  • Mimacraea gelinia nguru Kielland, 1986 (Tanzania: Nguru mountains)

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