Mimacraea skoptoles
| Mimacraea skoptoles | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Mimacraea |
| Species: | M. skoptoles |
| Binomial name | |
| Mimacraea skoptoles Druce, 1907[1] | |
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Mimacraea skoptoles is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Tanzania (Kigoma and Mpanda), the Democratic Republic of Congo (Shaba) and Zambia.[2] 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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