Mimeresia moreelsi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Poritiinae
Tribus: Liptenini
Subtribus: Mimacraeina
Genus: Mimeresia
Species: Mimeresia moreelsi
Subspecies: (3) per Williams, 2007.
M. m. moreelsi – M. m. purpurea – M. m. tessmanni

Mimeresia moreelsi (Aurivillius, 1901).

Type locality: Democratic Republic of Congo: “Congogebiet: Boyenghé am Ikelemba-Fluss”.

Holoype: BMNH?

Pseuderesia moreelsi Aurivillius, 1901: 118; [1918]: 322, pl.63d.
Mimeresia moreelsi moreelsi (Aurivillius); Stempffer, 1967: 33; Williams, 2007: Mimacraeina 26.

Aurivillius, C., 1901. Diagnosen neuer Lepidopteren aus Afrika. 6. Entomologisk Tidskrift. 22: 113–128, figs 19-31. BHL. Reference page.
Aurivillius, C. 1908–1925. In: Seitz, A., 1908–25. Die Großschmetterlinge des Afrikanischen Faunengebietes. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 13: 1-613, pls. 1-80. Reference page.
Stempffer, H. 1967. The genera of the African Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology. Supplement 10: 322pp, 1pl. BHL Reference page.
Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.