Mimeresia

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
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: (11), per Savela, Funet.
M. cellularis – M. debora – M. dinora – M. drucei – M. favillacea – M. issia – M. libentina – M. moreelsi – M. moyambina – M. neavei – M. pseudocellularis – M. russulus – M. semirufa
Name

Mimeresia Stempffer, 1961: 24.

Type Species: Liptena libentina Hewitson, 1886: 66, pl. 33, figs 8,9; by original designation.
Synonymy

Pseuderesia Butler (pro parte); Aurivillius, 1898: 267; 1918: 318.

References

Aurivillius, C. [1899]. Rhopalocera æthiopica; die Tagfalter des æthiopischen Faunengebietes… Bihang till Kungliga Svenska vetenskapsakademiens handlingar 31(5): 1–561. BHL. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.8773 Reference page.
Aurivillius, C. 1908–1925. In: Seitz, A., 1908–25. Die Großschmetterlinge des Afrikanischen Faunengebietes. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 13: 1-613, pls. 1-80. Reference page.
Hewitson, W.C. 1852–1877. Illustrations of new species of exotic butterflies, selected chiefly from the collections of Saunders & Hewitson. London, van Voorst. 5 volumes. 1; 2; 3; 4; 5. Reference page.
Stempffer, H., 1961. Contribution a l’etude des Lepidopteres Lycaenidae de l’Afrique equatoriale. Annales. Musée de l’Afrique Centrale (8) 94: 1-73. Reference page.

Links

Type images: Mimeresia, Pseuderesia RMCA.

Mimeresia is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are endemic to the Afrotropical realm.
Species

Mimeresia cellularis (Kirby, 1890)
Mimeresia debora (Kirby, 1890)
Mimeresia dinora (Kirby, 1890)
Mimeresia drucei (Stempffer, 1954)
Mimeresia favillacea (Grünberg, 1910)
Mimeresia issia Stempffer, 1969
Mimeresia libentina (Hewitson, 1866)
Mimeresia moreelsi (Aurivillius, 1901)
Mimeresia moyambina (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
Mimeresia neavei (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
Mimeresia pseudocellularis Stempffer, 1968
Mimeresia russulus (Druce, 1910)
Mimeresia semirufa (Grose-Smith, 1902)

References

Mimeresia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms