Mimeresia moreelsi

Mimeresia moreelsi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Mimeresia
Species:	M. moreelsi
Binomial name
*Mimeresia moreelsi* (Aurivillius, 1901)^[1]
Synonyms
Pseuderesia moreelsi Aurivillius, 1901 Pseuderesia purpurea Hawker-Smith, 1933 Pseuderesia alberici Dufrane, 1945 Pseuderesia tessmanni Grünberg, 1910 Pseuderesia tessmanni f. decolorata Hulstaert, 1924

Mimeresia moreelsi is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Subspecies

Mimeresia moreelsi moreelsi (Democratic Republic of Congo: Equateur and Tshuapa)
Mimeresia moreelsi purpurea (Hawker-Smith, 1933) (Uganda: west to the Bwamba Valley, Democratic Republic of Congo: Uele, Ituri, Tshopo and possibly Shaba)
Mimeresia moreelsi tessmanni (Grünberg, 1910) (Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon)

References

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↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Mimacraeina

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