| Mimeresia moyambina | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Mimeresia |
| Species: | M. moyambina |
| Binomial name | |
| Mimeresia moyambina (Bethune-Baker, 1904) [1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Mimeresia moyambina, the moyambina harlequin, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast and Ghana. [2] The habitat consists of forests.
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies, with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfly species.
Mimeresia is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are endemic to the Afrotropical realm.
Stempfferia is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are endemic to the Afrotropical realm.
Paradeudorix is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Afrotropical realm.
Paradeudorix moyambina, the black fairy playboy, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The habitat consists of primary forests.
Iolaus moyambina, the Sierra Leone fine sapphire, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone and western Liberia.
Mimeresia cellularis, the cellular harlequin, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon and the Republic of the Congo. The habitat consists of forests.
Mimeresia debora, the Debora's harlequin, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. Its habitat consists of forests.
Mimeresia dinora, the red harlequin, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. The habitat consists of dense forests.
Mimeresia drucei, the Druce's harlequin, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. The habitat consists of forests.
Mimeresia neavei is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Kenya and north-western Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests.
Mimeresia libentina, the common harlequin, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. The habitat consists of forests.
Mimeresia russulus is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1910. It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. It is a forest butterfly but little is known about its life cycle with no published information on the larval stages or larval food.
Mimeresia favillacea is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Uganda. The habitat consists of forests.
Mimeresia issia, the Stempffer's harlequin, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in central and eastern Ivory Coast and Ghana. The habitat consists of wetter forests.
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.
Mimeresia pseudocellularis is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Republic of the Congo. The habitat consists of forests.
Mimeresia semirufa, the eresine harlequin, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Ivory Coast and Ghana. The habitat consists of wetter forests.
