Mimeresia dinora

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lycaenidae Rank Species		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Mimeresia

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)

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