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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

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 the Congo. The habitat consists of forests.

Adult males mimic Bematistes epaea.



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