Mimacraea skoptoles

Mimacraea skoptoles
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Mimacraea
Species:	M. skoptoles
Binomial name
	Mimacraea skoptoles; H. H. Druce, 1907
Synonyms
	Mimacraea krausei ab. obsolescens Hawker-Smith, 1926;

Mimacraea skoptoles is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1907.^[1] It is found in Tanzania (Kigoma and Mpanda), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Katanga) and Zambia.^[2] The habitat consists of riverine forests.

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Females have been observed laying eggs among lichens on the bark of trees, which are presumably the larval host.

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