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Mimeresia moreelsi

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Mimeresia

Mimeresia moreelsi is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. The habitat consists of forests.

Subspecies

  • Mimeresia moreelsi moreelsi (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Equateur and Tshuapa)
  • Mimeresia moreelsi purpurea (Hawker-Smith, 1933) (Uganda: west to the Bwamba Valley, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Uele, Ituri, Tshopo and possibly Shaba)
  • Mimeresia moreelsi tessmanni (Grünberg, 1910) (Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon)

    • References

    Mimeresia moreelsi Wikipedia
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