Mimeresia_russulus

<i>Mimeresia russulus</i>

Mimeresia russulus

Species of butterfly

Mimeresia russulus is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1910.[1] It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.[2] It is a forest butterfly but little is known about its life cycle with no published information on the larval stages or larval food.[3]

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Subspecies

  • Mimeresia russulus russulus (Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Sankuru, Lulua and possibly Uele)
  • Mimeresia russulus katangae (Hawker-Smith, 1926) (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Lualaba)
  • Mimeresia russulus unyoro Stempffer, 1961 (Uganda: Budongo Forest)

References

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  1. [1]
    Savela, Markku (August 30, 2016). "Mimeresia russulus (Druce, 1910)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  2. [2]
    "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Mimacraeina". Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2012-10-02.
  3. [3]
    "Genus Mimeresia Stempffer, 1961". Metamorphosis. Lepidopterists' Society of Africa. Retrieved December 16, 2019.


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