Mimeresia dinora
| Mimeresia dinora | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Mimeresia |
| Species: | M. dinora |
| Binomial name | |
| Mimeresia dinora (Kirby, 1890)[1] | |
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Mimeresia dinora, the red harlequin, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of dense forests.
The larvae feed on lichens growing on tree trunks.
Subspecies
- Mimeresia dinora dinora (southern Nigeria, Cameroon)
- Mimeresia dinora discirubra (Talbot, 1937) (Democratic Republic of the Congo: north-east to Uele, Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)
References
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- ↑ Mimeresia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Mimacraeina
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