Mimeresia moreelsi

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

Mimeresia moreelsi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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

Subspecies

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

References

 

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1. Mimeresia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
2. . Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2012-10-02.