Mimeresia moreelsi purpurea

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: Mimeresia moreelsi purpurea

Name

Mimeresia moreelsi purpurea (Hawker-Smith, 1933).

Type locality: Democratic Republic of Congo: “Belgian Congo: Katanga”.

Holoype: BMNH?

Synonymy

• Pseuderesia purpurea Hawker-Smith, 1933: 5.
• Pseuderesia alberici Dufrane, 1945: 116. Democratic Republic of Congo: “Kamituga”. Synonymy in Williams, 2007: 26.
• Mimeresia moreelsi purpurea (Hawker-Smith); Stempffer, 1967: 33; Williams, 2007: Mimacraeina 26.

References

• Dufrane, A., 1945. Lépidoptères du Kivu (3rd note) (1). Bulletin et Annales de la Société Royale Entomologique de Belgique 81: 90–143. Reference page. 
• Hawker-Smith, W., 1933. New species and races of Lipteninae (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Stylops 2: 1–12. 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.