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