| Mimeresia dinora | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Mimeresia |
| Species: | M. dinora
|
| Binomial name | |
| Mimeresia dinora (Kirby, 1890)
| |
| Synonyms | |
| |
Mimeresia dinora, the red harlequin, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. The habitat consists of dense forests.
The larvae feed on lichens growing on tree trunks.
Subspecies
- Mimeresia dinora dinora (southern Nigeria, Cameroon)
- Mimeresia dinora discirubra (Talbot, 1937) (Democratic Republic of the Congo: north-east to Uele, Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mimeresia dinora.
Wikispecies has information related to Mimeresia dinora.
- ^ Mimeresia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Mimacraeina". Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2012-10-02.