Mimeresia russulus is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1910.[1] It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.[2] It is a forest butterfly but little is known about its life cycle with no published information on the larval stages or larval food.[3]
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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. russulus
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| Mimeresia russulus (H. H. Druce, 1910)
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Subspecies
edit- Mimeresia russulus russulus (Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Sankuru, Lulua and possibly Uele)
- Mimeresia russulus katangae (Hawker-Smith, 1926) (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Lualaba)
- Mimeresia russulus unyoro Stempffer, 1961 (Uganda: Budongo Forest)
References
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- ^ Savela, Markku (August 30, 2016). "Mimeresia russulus (Druce, 1910)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Mimacraeina". Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2012-10-02.
- ^ "Genus Mimeresia Stempffer, 1961". Metamorphosis. Lepidopterists' Society of Africa. Retrieved December 16, 2019.