Mimacraea skoptoles

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| taxon = Mimacraea skoptoles

| authority = H. H. Druce, 1907

| synonyms = * Mimacraea krausei ab. obsolescens Hawker-Smith, 1926

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Mimacraea skoptoles is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1907.{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |date=February 4, 2017 |url=https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/poritiinae/mimacraea/#skoptoles |title=Mimacraea skoptoles Druce, 1907 |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=December 16, 2019}} It is found in Tanzania (Kigoma and Mpanda), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Katanga) and Zambia.{{Cite web |url=http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/lycaenidae_mimacraeina.doc |title=Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Mimacraeina |access-date=2012-10-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927112926/http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/lycaenidae_mimacraeina.doc |archive-date=2013-09-27 |url-status=dead }} The habitat consists of riverine forests.

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