Mimacraea fulvaria is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of dense forests.
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| Top left image from Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Mimacraea |
| Species: | M. fulvaria
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| Mimacraea fulvaria Aurivillius, 1895[1]
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Adults mimic Acraea aurivillii.
The larvae feed on algae growing on tree trunks.
Subspecies
edit- Mimacraea fulvaria fulvaria (Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ubangi, Shaba and Kinshasa)
- Mimacraea fulvaria eltringhami Druce, 1912 (Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania)
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Mimacraea fulvaria.
- ^ Mimacraea at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Mimacraeina". Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2012-10-01.