Mimeresia

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Mimeresia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Poritiinae
Tribe: Liptenini
Genus: Mimeresia
Stempffer, 1961 [1]

Mimeresia is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are endemic to the Afrotropical realm.

Species

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References

  1. ↑ Mimeresia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms


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