Mimacraea krausei

Mimacraea krausei 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 krausei
Subspecies: (4) per Williams, 2007.
M. k. camerunica – M. k. karschioides – M. k. krausei – M. k. poultoni

Name

Mimacraea krausei Dewitz, 1889.

Type locality: Democratic Republic of Congo: “Mukenge”.

Neotypes: RMCA ♂ images; ♀ images. Designated by Libert, 1999.

Synonymy

• Mimacraea krausei Dewitz, 1889: 106, pl.1 fig.1; Aurivillius, 1922: 317.
• Mimacraea krausi [sic] Dewitz; Aurivillius, 1922: pl.62b.
• Mimacraea krausei krausei Dewitz; Stempffer, 1967: 31; Williams, 2007: Mimacraeina 9.

References

• Aurivillius, C. 1908–1925. In: Seitz, A., 1908–25. Die Großschmetterlinge des Afrikanischen Faunengebietes. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 13: 1-613, pls. 1-80. Reference page. 
• Dewitz, H. 1889. West- und Centralafrikanishe Tagschmetterlinge. Entomologische Nachrichten 15(7/8): 101–110 BHL, pls 1,2 BHL. Reference page. 
• Libert, M. 1999. Révision des genres Epitola Westwood, Hypophytala Clench et Stempfferia Jackson, et description de trois nouveaux genres (Lepidoptera Lycaenidae). A.B.R.I., Nairobi and Lambillionea, Tervuren, February, 1999, 219 pp. 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.