Mimeresia libentina

Mimeresia libentina


Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Mimeresia
Species:	M. libentina
Binomial name
*Mimeresia libentina* (Hewitson, 1866)^[1]
Synonyms
Liptena libentina Hewitson, 1866 Liptena libentina var. zerita Plötz, 1880 Liptena rubrica Druce, 1888 Pseuderesia zoraida Grose-Smith and Kirby, 1890 Pseuderesia libentina var. isabellae Schultze, 1917

Mimeresia libentina, the Common Harlequin, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults feed on nectar from extrafloral nectaries.

Subspecies

Mimeresia libentina libentina (Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, southern Nigeria)
Mimeresia libentina isabellae (Schultze, 1917) (Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea: Bioko and Rio Muni, Gabon)

References

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↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Mimacraeina

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