Mimacraea

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Poritiinae
Tribus: Liptenini
Subtribus: Mimacraeina
Genus: Mimacraea
Species: (19) per Williams, 2007.
M. abriana – M. apicalis – M. charmian – M. costleyi – M. darwinia – M. febe – M. fulvaria – M. gelinia – M. krausei – M. landbecki – M. maesseni – M. marginata – M. marshalli – M. neavei – M. neokoton – M. neurata – M. paragora – M. skoptoles – M. telloides
Name

Mimacraea Butler, [1872]: 104.

Type Species: Mimacraea darwinia Butler, by original designation.
References

Butler, A.G. 1869–74. Lepidoptera Exotica, or Descriptions and Illustrations of Exotic Lepidoptera. London, E. W. Janson. 190pp., 64 pls. BHL text, plates. Reference page.
Kielland, J., 1986. New and little-known butterflies from Tanzania (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae and Riodinidae). Lambillionea 86 (11-12): 137–154. Reference page.
Libert, M., 2000. Révision du genre Mimacraea Butler, avec description de quatre nouvelles espèces et deux nouvelles sous-espèces (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae), ABRI, Lambillionea, 1-72. Reference page.
Libert, M. & Collins, S.C., 2011. Note on Mimacraea gelinia (Oberthûr 1893), with the description of a new subspecies (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Metamorphosis 22(1): 18–21 full article (PDF). Reference page.
Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.

Links

Type images: RMCA.

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 genus Acraea and related genera.
Species

Mimacraea abriana Libert & Collins, 2000
Mimacraea apicalis Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1889
Mimacraea charmian Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1889
Mimacraea costleyi Druce, 1912
Mimacraea darwinia Butler, 1872
Mimacraea febe Libert, 2000
Mimacraea fulvaria Aurivillius, 1895
Mimacraea gelinia (Oberthür, 1893)
Mimacraea krausei Dewitz, 1889
Mimacraea landbecki Druce, 1910
Mimacraea maesseni Libert, 2000
Mimacraea marginata Libert & Collins, 2000
Mimacraea marshalli Trimen, 1898
Mimacraea neavei Eltringham, 1909
Mimacraea neokoton Druce, 1907
Mimacraea neurata Holland, 1895
Mimacraea paragora Rebel, 1911
Mimacraea skoptoles Druce, 1907
Mimacraea telloides Schultze, 1923

References

Libert, M. (2000) Révision du genre Mimacraea Butler avec description de quatre nouvelles espèces et deux nouvelles sous-espèces. A.B.R.I., Nairobi and Lambillonea, Tervuren, May, 2000:1-72.

External links

Royal Africa Museum has quality images of Mimacraea
"Mimacraea Butler, 1872" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 63