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Mimacraea Butler, 1872
Acraea Mimics
Mimacraea Butler, 1872; Lepid. Exotica (12): 104, TS: Mimacraea darwinia Butler
Mimacraea (Liptenini) ; [BK, 159]
Mimacraea (Mimacraeina) ; [AfrL]

31 spp.

Mimacraea charmian Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1889
-. See [About maps] Mimacraea charmian ; [AfrL]
M. c. charmian
Cameroun Mimacraea charmian charmian ; [BAFR, 429]
?M. c. ertli Joicey & Talbot²
Zaire Mimacraea charmian ertli ; [BAFR, 429 (text)]
?Mimacraea schmidti Schultze & Aurivillius, 1923²
S.Cameroun. See [About maps] Mimacraea schmidti ; [BAFR, 429 (text)]
?Mimacraea laeta Schultze, 1912²
S.Cameroun. See [About maps] Mimacraea laeta ; [BAFR, 429 (text)]
Mimacraea neurata Holland, 1895
-. See [About maps] Mimacraea neurata ; [AfrL]
M. n. neurata
Sierra Leone - Ghana, Nigeria Mimacraea neurata neurata ; [BAFR, 429]
Mimacraea fulvaria Aurivillius, 1895
Zaire, Congo Republic. See [About maps] Mimacraea fulvaria ; [AfrL]
M. f. fulvaria
Mimacraea neurata fulvaria ; [BAFR, 429 (text)]
Mimacraea fulvaria fulvaria ; [AfrL]
M. f. eltringhami Druce, 1912
Uganda Mimacraea eltringhami eltringhami ; [BAFR, 429 (text)]
Mimacraea fulvaria eltringhami ; [AfrL]
?M. f. burgeoni Hawker-Smith²
Zaire Mimacraea eltringhami burgeoni Hawker-Smith²; [BAFR, 429]
Mimacraea paragora Rebel, 1911
NW shore of L. Tanganyika Mimacraea paragora ; [BAFR, 429]; [AfrL]
M. p. paragora
Mimacraea paragora paragora ; [AfrL]
M. p. angulata Libert, 2000
Mimacraea paragora angulata ; [AfrL]
Mimacraea landbecki Druce, 1910
Uganda, W.Tanzania, Zaire, Congo Republic, Cameroun. See [About maps]
schubotzi Schultze²
pulverulenta Schultze²
 graeseri Schultze²
pseudepara Schultze & Aurivillius²
Mimacraea landbecki ; [BAFR, 429]; [AfrL]
Mimacraea telloides Schultze, 1923
Mimacraea telloides ; [AfrL]
Mimacraea gelinia (Oberthür, 1893)
NE.Tanzania (Usambara Mts., Gelin). See [About maps] Mimacraea gelinia ; [BAFR, 429]; [AfrL]
M. g. gelinia
Mimacraea gelinia gelinia ; [AfrL]
M. g. nguru Kielland, 1986
Mimacraea gelinia nguru ; [AfrL]
Mimacraea krausei Dewitz, 1889
-. See [About maps] Krause's Acraea Mimic
Mimacraea krausei ; [AfrL]
M. k. krausei
Congo Republic, Zaire, W.Uganda (Bwamba Valley) Mimacraea krausei krausei f. obsolescens ; [BAFR, 430, fig.]
Mimacraea krausei krausei ; [BAFR, 430 (text)]; [AfrL]
M. k. poultoni Neave, 1904
W.Kenya (Kakamega, Mt Elgon), W.Uganda (Unyoro) ?krausei f. elgonae Talbot, 1935²
Mimacraea krausei poultoni f. luteomaculata ; [BAFR, 430, fig.]
Mimacraea krausei poultoni ; [BAFR, 430 (text)]; [BK: 159, pl. 12, f. 126]; [AfrL]

Larva on (tree lichens) [BK]

?M. k. masindae Eltringham²
W.Uganda (not Bwamba) Mimacraea krausei masindae ; [BAFR, 430]
M. k. karschioides Carpenter & Jackson, 1950
S.Sudan Mimacraea krausei karschioides ; [AfrL]
Mimacraea karschioides ; [BAFR, 430 (text)]
M. k. camerunica Libert, 2000
Mimacraea krausei camerunica ; [AfrL]
Mimacraea darwinia Butler, 1872
-. See [About maps] Mimacraea darwinia Butler, 1872; Lepid. Exotica (12): 104, pl. 38, f. 8
Mimacraea darwinia ; [AfrL]
M. d. darwinia
Ivory Coast, Liberia Mimacraea darwinia darwinia ; [BAFR, 430]
Mimacraea apicalis Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1889
Ghana - Nigeria, Cameroun?. See [About maps] Mimacraea apicalis ; [AfrL]
M. a. apicalis
Mimacraea darwinia apicalis ; [BAFR, 430]
Mimacraea apicalis apicalis ; [AfrL]
M. a. gabonica Libert, 2000
Mimacraea apicalis gabonica ; [AfrL]
Mimacraea skoptoles Druce, 1907
SE.Zaire, SW.Tanzania. See [About maps] Mimacraea skoptoles ; [BAFR, 430]; [AfrL]
Mimacraea neokoton Druce, 1907
E.Rhodesia (Chirinda Forest). See [About maps] Mimacraea neokoton Druce, 1907; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1907: 79
Mimacraea neokoton ; [BAFR, 430]; [AfrL]
Mimacraea costleyi Druce, 1912
Malawi Mimacraea costleyi ; [BAFR, 430]; [AfrL]
Mimacraea marshalli Trimen, 1898
Zimbabwe, Zambia - Kenya, Uganda, SE.Zaire. See [About maps] Mimacraea marshalli Trimen, 1898; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1898: 13
f. chrysippus
f. dorippus
f. vansomereni Talbot, 1937
Mimacraea marshalli ; [EBW]; [BK: 160, pl. 12, f. 127]; [AfrL]

Larva on (lichens) [BK]

M. m. marshalli
Rhodesia, Zambia, Malawi, SE.Zaire Mimacraea marshalli marshalli ; [BAFR, 430]; [AfrL]
M. m. media Talbot, 1937²
SW.Kenya, SE.Uganda, W.Tanzania Mimacraea marshalli media ; [BK, 160 (note)]; [BAFR, 430 (text)]
M. m. nzoia Talbot, 1937²
W.Kenya (Trans-Nzoia District) Mimacraea marshalli nzoia ; [BK, 160 (note)]; [BAFR, 430 (text)]
M. m. dohertyi Rothschild, 1901
E.Kenya (E of Rift Valley) Mimacraea marshalli dohertyi ; [BK, 160 (note)]; [BAFR, 430]; [AfrL]
?Mimacraea angustata Schultze & Aurivillius, 1923²
Mimacraea angustata ; [BAFR, 431 (text)]
?Mimacraea mariae Dufrane, 1945²
E.Zaire (Kivu). See [About maps] Mimacraea mariae ; [BAFR, 431 (text)]

 
Mimacraea abriana Libert & Collins, 2000
Mimacraea abriana ; [AfrL]
Mimacraea febe Libert, 2000
Mimacraea febe ; [AfrL]
Mimacraea maesseni Libert, 2000
Mimacraea maesseni ; [AfrL]
Mimacraea marginata Libert & Collins, 2000
Mimacraea marginata ; [AfrL]
Mimacraea neavei Eltringham, 1909
Mimacraea neavei ; [AfrL]

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References:
[About maps]
Warning! The maps are automaticly generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
[AfrL]
Mark C. Williams; Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperoidea; Compiled by Mark C. Williams, 7th ed. (2008) (April 2007); e-mail: Mark C. Williams
[BAFR]
D'Abrera, 1980; Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region
[BK]
Larsen, Torben B., 1996; The Butterflies of Kenya and their natural history
[EBW]
Smart, Paul, 1976; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World; ISBN 0 600 31381 6
[LAMAS-NEO]
Gerardo Lamas; Bibliography of butterflies; An Annocated Bibliography of the Neotropical Butterflies and Skipper (Lepididoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea); Revised Electronic Edition (2007)
[²]
This may require parentheses or not. I don't have the necessary information for this taxon.

Some related literature:
Butler, 1872
Lepidoptera Exotica, or descriptions and illustrations of exotic Lepidoptera Lepid. Exotica (1): 1-8, pl. 1-3 (1869), (2): 9-16, pl. 4-6 (1869), (3): 17-24, pl. 7-9 (1869), (4): 25-32, pl. 10-12 (1870), (5): 33-42, pl. 13-15 (1870), (6): 43-50, pl. 16-19 (1870), (7): 51-58, pl. 20-22 (1870), (8): 59-66, pl. 23-25 (1871), (9): 67-74, pl. 26-28 (1871), (10): 75-84, pl. 29-32 (1871), (11): 85-94, pl. 33-35 (1872), (12): 95-104, pl. 36-38 (1872), (13): 105-114, pl. 39-41 (1872), (14): [115],[116],117-120, pl. 42-44 (1872), (15): 121-128, pl. 45-48 (1873), (17): 137-144, pl. 49-51 (1873), (18): 145-152, pl. 52-54 (1873), (19): 153-162, pl. 55-57 (1873), (20): 163-174, pl. 58-60 (1874), (21): 175-190, pl. 61-64 (1874)

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