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Mimeresia russulus

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Mimeresia russulus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Mimeresia
Species:
M. russulus
Binomial name
Mimeresia russulus
(H. H. Druce, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Pseuderesia russulus H. H. Druce, 1910
  • Pseuderesia katangae Hawker-Smith, 1926

Mimeresia russulus is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1910.[1] It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.[2] It is a forest butterfly but little is known about its life cycle with no published information on the larval stages or larval food.[3]

Subspecies

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  • 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

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku (August 30, 2016). "Mimeresia russulus (Druce, 1910)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  2. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Mimacraeina". Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2012-10-02.
  3. ^ "Genus Mimeresia Stempffer, 1961". Metamorphosis. Lepidopterists' Society of Africa. Retrieved December 16, 2019.