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Mimeresia debora

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Mimeresia

Mimeresia debora

Similar
  
Cerautola crowleyi, Pentila pauli, Megalopalpus zymna, Hypolycaena hatita, Liphyrini

Mimeresia debora, the Debora's harlequin, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. 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.

Subspecies

  • Mimeresia debora debora (Nigeria: Cross River loop, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo: Sankuru)
  • Mimeresia debora barnsi (Hawker-Smith, 1933) (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Uele, western Uganda)
  • Mimeresia debora catori (Bethune-Baker, 1904) (Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, southern Nigeria)
  • Mimeresia debora deborula (Aurivillius, 1899) (Congo-Brazzaville: Kouilou)

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