Mimeresia dinora
Appearance
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Mimeresia |
Species: | M. dinora
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Binomial name | |
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Mimeresia dinora, the red harlequin, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of dense forests.
The larvae feed on lichens growing on tree trunks.
Subspecies
[edit]- Mimeresia dinora dinora (southern Nigeria, Cameroon)
- Mimeresia dinora discirubra (Talbot, 1937) (Democratic Republic of the Congo: north-east to Uele, Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Mimeresia dinora.
- ^ Mimeresia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Mimacraeina". Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2012-10-02.