Mimeresia russulus

Updated on Dec 26, 2024

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

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)

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