Mimacraea darwinia

M. darwinia from original description.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola 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: Mimacraea darwinia

Name

Mimacraea darwinia Butler, [1872].

Type locality: "W. Africa".

Holotype: ♀ BMNH? (Rev. T. Cornthwaite).

Synonymy

• Mimacraea darwinia Butler, [1872]: 104, pl.38 fig.8; Libert, 2000; Williams, 2007: Mimacraeina 2.
• Mimacraea darwinii [sic] Butler; Stempffer, 1967: 29, fig.21.

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. 
• 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. 
• Stempffer, H. 1967. The genera of the African Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology. Supplement 10: 322pp, 1pl. BHL Reference page. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.