Mimacraea fulvaria

Mimacraea fulvaria
Alaena nyassa depicted in Seitz Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Mimacraea
Species:	M. fulvaria
Binomial name
Mimacraea fulvaria Aurivillius, 1895[1]
Synonyms
Mimacraea neurata fulvaria Mimacraea angustata Schultze, 1923 Mimacraea neurata fulvaria f. incurvata Talbot, 1935 Mimacraea neurata fulvaria f. lineata Talbot, 1935 Mimacraea eltringhami Druce, 1912 Mimacraea eltringhami burgeoni Hawker-Smith, 1928

Mimacraea fulvaria is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and Tanzania.^[2] The habitat consists of dense forests.

Adults mimic Acraea aurivillii.

The larvae feed on algae growing on tree trunks.

Subspecies

• Mimacraea fulvaria fulvaria (Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo: Ubangi, Shaba and Kinshasa)
• Mimacraea fulvaria eltringhami Druce, 1912 (Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania)

References

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