Mimeresia moreelsi

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Mimeresia moreelsi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Mimeresia
Species:
M. moreelsi
Binomial name
Mimeresia moreelsi
(Aurivillius, 1901) [1]
Synonyms
  • Pseuderesia moreelsiAurivillius, 1901
  • Pseuderesia purpureaHawker-Smith, 1933
  • Pseuderesia albericiDufrane, 1945
  • Pseuderesia tessmanniGrünberg, 1910
  • Pseuderesia tessmanni f. decolorataHulstaert, 1924

Mimeresia moreelsi is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It lives in forests of Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. [2]

Subspecies

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References

  1. ↑ Mimeresia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
  2. ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Mimacraeina". Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2012-10-02.


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