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Mimeresia dinora

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Mimeresia

Mimeresia dinora

Mimeresia dinora, the red harlequin, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. The habitat consists of dense forests.

The larvae feed on lichens growing on tree trunks.

Subspecies

  • Mimeresia dinora dinora (southern Nigeria, Cameroon)
  • Mimeresia dinora discirubra (Talbot, 1937) (Democratic Republic of the Congo: north-east to Uele, Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)

    • References

    Mimeresia dinora Wikipedia
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