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Mimacraea
Mimacraea is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are endemic to the Afrotropical realm. As the name suggests, Mimacraea species are mimics of species in the Acraea genus and related genera.
20 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Marshall’s Acraea Mimic
speciesMimacraea marshalli
Mimacraea krausei
speciesMimacraea krausei
Mimacraea costleyi
speciesMimacraea costleyi
Mimacraea landbecki
speciesMimacraea landbecki
Mimacraea fulvaria
speciesMimacraea fulvaria
Mimacraea telloides
speciesMimacraea telloides
Mimacraea maesseni
speciesMimacraea maesseni
Mimacraea neurata
speciesMimacraea neurata
Mimacraea darwinia
speciesMimacraea darwinia
Mimacraea skoptoles
speciesMimacraea skoptoles
Mimacraea marginata
speciesMimacraea marginata
Mimacraea neavei
speciesMimacraea neavei
Mimacraea dohertyi
speciesMimacraea dohertyi
Mimacraea apicalis
speciesMimacraea apicalis
Mimacraea febe
speciesMimacraea febe
Mimacraea abriana
speciesMimacraea abriana
Mimacraea paragora
speciesMimacraea paragora
Mimacraea gelinia
speciesMimacraea gelinia
Mimacraea charmian
speciesMimacraea charmian
Mimacraea neokoton
speciesMimacraea neokoton
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 147386.