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Mimeresia russulus

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Mimeresia russulus
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M. russulus
Binomial name
Mimeresia russulus
(Druce, 1910)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pseuderesia russulus Druce, 1910
  • Pseuderesia katangae Hawker-Smith, 1926

Mimeresia russulus is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of 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]

Subspecies

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

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