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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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