Biology:Mimeresia libentina
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Short description: Species of butterfly
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Mimeresia |
| Species: | M. libentina
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| Mimeresia libentina (Hewitson, 1866)[1]
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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.
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
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mimeresia libentina. |
- ↑ Mimeresia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
- ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Mimacraeina". http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/lycaenidae_mimacraeina.doc.
Wikidata ☰ Q6862061 entry
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