Mimeresia russulus

russulus ♂, from original description.
russulus in Gross-Schmetterlinge Erde.

Taxonavigation

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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 russulus
Subspecies: (3) per Williams, 2007.
M. r. katangae – M. r. russulus – M. r. unyoro

Name

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Mimeresia russulus Druce, 1910.

Type locality: Democratic Republic of Congo: “Upper Kasai district, Congo Free State”.

Holoype: ♂ BMNH.

Synonymy

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  • Pseuderesia russulus Druce, 1910: 360, pl.33 fig.8; Aurivillius, [1918]: pl.63e.
  • Mimeresia russulus russulus (Druce); Stempffer, 1967: 33; Williams, 2007: Mimacraeina 28.

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