Mimacraea marshalli

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.

Mimacraea marshalli
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Mimacraea
Species:	M. marshalli
Binomial name
Mimacraea marshalli Trimen, 1898[1]
Synonyms
Mimacraea marshalli media Talbot, 1937 Mimacraea marshalli nzoia Talbot, 1937 Mimacraea dohertyi Rothschild, 1901 Mimacraea marshalli dohertyi f. somereni Talbot, 1937

Adults feed from the secretions of scale insects (Coccoidea species). Adults are on wing from October to May.

Subspecies

• Mimacraea marshalli marshalli (Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, north-eastern and eastern Zimbabwe, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Sankuru, Lualaba, South Kivu and Haut-Uele)
• Mimacraea marshalli dohertyi Rothschild, 1901 (Kenya: highlands east of the Rift Valley, Tanzania: north to the Arusha district)

Mimicry

M. marshalli is a Batesian mimic of another butterfly found in eastern Africa, Danaus chrysippus.