Mimeresia russulus
Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Poritiinae
Tribus: Liptenini
Subtribus: Mimacraeina
Genus: Mimeresia
Species: Mimeresia russulus
Subspecies: (3) per Williams, 2007.
M. r. katangae –
M. r. russulus –
M. r. unyoro
Name
[edit]Mimeresia russulus Druce, 1910.
Type locality: Democratic Republic of Congo: “Upper Kasai district, Congo Free State”.
Holoype: ♂ BMNH.
Synonymy
[edit]- Pseuderesia russulus Druce, 1910: 360, pl.33 fig.8; Aurivillius, [1918]: pl.63e.
- Mimeresia russulus russulus (Druce); Stempffer, 1967: 33; Williams, 2007: Mimacraeina 28.
References
[edit]- Aurivillius, C. 1908–1925. In: Seitz, A., 1908–25. Die Großschmetterlinge des Afrikanischen Faunengebietes. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 13: 1-613, pls. 1-80. Reference page.
- Druce, H.H. 1910. Descriptions of new Lycaenidae and Hesperiidae from tropical West Africa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1910: 356–378, 3 Plates. 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.