Mimeresia russulus

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Mimeresia russulus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Mimeresia
Species:
M. russulus
Binomial name
Mimeresia russulus
(H. H. Druce, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Pseuderesia russulusH. H. Druce, 1910
  • Pseuderesia katangaeHawker-Smith, 1926

Mimeresia russulus is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1910. [1] It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. [2] It is a forest butterfly but little is known about its life cycle with no published information on the larval stages or larval food. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku (August 30, 2016). "Mimeresia russulus (Druce, 1910)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Mimacraeina". Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2012-10-02.
  3. ↑ "Genus Mimeresia Stempffer, 1961". Metamorphosis. Lepidopterists' Society of Africa. Retrieved December 16, 2019.


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