Mimacraea landbecki is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1910. It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Uele, Tshuapa, Equateur, Kinshasa, Sankuru and Lualaba), Uganda and Tanzania (from the western part of the country to the Bukoba region).[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Mimacraea landbecki
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Mimacraea
Species:
M. landbecki
Binomial name
Mimacraea landbecki
Synonyms
  • Mimacraea graeseri Schultze, 1912
  • Mimacraea pulverulenta Schultze, 1912
  • Mimacraea schubotzi Schultze, 1912
  • Mimacraea pseudepaea Schultze, 1923

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku (February 4, 2017). "Mimacraea landbecki Druce, 1910". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  2. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Mimacraeina". Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2012-10-01.