Mimeresia libentina

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

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

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". Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2012-10-02.


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