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Mimeresia russulus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Mimeresia

Mimeresia russulus

Mimeresia russulus is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. It is a forest butterfly but little is known about its life cycle with no published information on the larval stages or larval food.

Subspecies

  • Mimeresia russulus russulus (Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Sankuru, Lulua and possibly Uele)
  • Mimeresia russulus katangae (Hawker-Smith, 1926) (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Lualaba)
  • Mimeresia russulus unyoro Stempffer, 1961 (Uganda: Budongo Forest)
  • References

    Mimeresia russulus Wikipedia