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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Mimacraea |
Species: | M. marshalli
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Mimacraea marshalli | |
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Mimacraea marshalli, Marshall's acraea mimic, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia and Zimbabwe. [2] The habitat consists of Brachystegia woodland in hilly country at altitudes ranging from 1,200 to 1,700 metres, as well as open woodland.
Adults feed from the secretions of scale insects ( Coccoidea species). Adults are on wing from October to May.
M. marshalli is a Batesian mimic of another butterfly found in eastern Africa, Danaus chrysippus.
Mimacraea marshalli | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Mimacraea |
Species: | M. marshalli
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Binomial name | |
Mimacraea marshalli | |
Synonyms | |
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Mimacraea marshalli, Marshall's acraea mimic, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia and Zimbabwe. [2] The habitat consists of Brachystegia woodland in hilly country at altitudes ranging from 1,200 to 1,700 metres, as well as open woodland.
Adults feed from the secretions of scale insects ( Coccoidea species). Adults are on wing from October to May.
M. marshalli is a Batesian mimic of another butterfly found in eastern Africa, Danaus chrysippus.