Mimacraea darwinia

Mimacraea darwinia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Mimacraea
Species: M. darwinia
Binomial name
Mimacraea darwinia
Butler, 1872[1]

Mimacraea darwinia, the Common Acraea Mimic, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon and possibly the western part of the Democratic Republic of Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adult males mimic Bematistes epaea.

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