| Drosophila simulans | |
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| Drosophila simulans adult female | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Drosophilidae |
| Genus: | Drosophila |
| Subgenus: | Sophophora |
| Species group: | melanogaster |
| Species subgroup: | melanogaster |
| Species complex: | simulans |
| Species: | D. simulans
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| Binomial name | |
| Drosophila simulans Sturtevant, 1919
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Drosophila simulans is a species of fly closely related to D. melanogaster, belonging to the same melanogaster species subgroup. Its closest relatives are D. mauritiana and D. sechellia.