Mimacraea gelinia
Species of butterfly
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Mimacraea gelinia is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Mimacraea |
| Species: | M. gelinia |
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Adults of subspecies M. g. nguru resemble day-flying geometrid moths of the genus Scopula.
Subspecies
- Mimacraea gelinia gelinia (Tanzania: north-east to Usambara)
- Mimacraea gelinia nguru Kielland, 1986 (Tanzania: Nguru mountains)
