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DeutschMimeresia drucei
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Mimeresia |
| Species: | M. drucei |
| Binomial name | |
| Mimeresia drucei | |
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Mimeresia drucei, the Druce's harlequin, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Subspecies
[edit]- Mimeresia drucei drucei (southern Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- Mimeresia drucei owerri Stempffer, 1961 (eastern Nigeria)
- Mimeresia drucei ugandae (Stempffer, 1954) (Uganda: west to the Bwamba Valley, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Haut-Uele, Tshopo, Tshuapa and Sankuru)
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mimeresia drucei.
Wikispecies has information related to Mimeresia drucei.
- ^ Mimeresia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Mimacraeina". Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2012-10-02.