Mimeresia drucei

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

Mimeresia drucei, the Druce's harlequin, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. The habitat consists of forests.

Subspecies

Mimeresia drucei drucei (southern Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Mimeresia drucei owerri Stempffer, 1961 (eastern Nigeria)

Mimeresia drucei ugandae (Stempffer, 1954) (Uganda: west to the Bwamba Valley, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Haut-Uele, Tshopo, Tshuapa and Sankuru)

References

Mimeresia drucei Wikipedia

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