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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