Mimeresia libentina

Mimeresia libentina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Mimeresia
Species:	M. libentina
Binomial name
Mimeresia libentina (Hewitson, 1866)[1]
Synonyms
Liptena libentina Hewitson, 1866 Liptena libentina var. zerita Plötz, 1880 Liptena rubrica Druce, 1888 Pseuderesia zoraida Grose-Smith and Kirby, 1890 Pseuderesia libentina var. isabellae Schultze, 1917

Mimeresia libentina, the common harlequin, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults feed on nectar from extrafloral nectaries.

Subspecies

• Mimeresia libentina libentina (Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, southern Nigeria)
• Mimeresia libentina isabellae (Schultze, 1917) (Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea: Bioko and Rio Muni, Gabon)

References

1. Mimeresia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Mimacraeina