Mimeresia drucei
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Mimeresia |
Species: | M. drucei
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Binomial name | |
Mimeresia drucei | |
Synonyms | |
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Mimeresia drucei, the Druce's harlequin, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Subspecies
[edit]- Mimeresia drucei drucei (southern Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- Mimeresia drucei owerri Stempffer, 1961 (eastern Nigeria)
- Mimeresia drucei ugandae (Stempffer, 1954) (Uganda: west to the Bwamba Valley, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Haut-Uele, Tshopo, Tshuapa and Sankuru)
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Mimeresia drucei.
- ^ 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.