Mimacraea fulvaria

Mimacraea fulvaria
	Top left image from Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Mimacraea
Species:	M. fulvaria
Binomial name
	Mimacraea fulvaria; Aurivillius, 1895
Synonyms
	Mimacraea neurata fulvaria; Mimacraea angustata Schultze, 1923; Mimacraea neurata fulvaria f. incurvata Talbot, 1935; Mimacraea neurata fulvaria f. lineata Talbot, 1935; Mimacraea eltringhami Druce, 1912; Mimacraea eltringhami burgeoni Hawker-Smith, 1928;

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.

The larvae feed on algae growing on tree trunks.

Subspecies

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)

^ 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.

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