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Mimeresia Stempffer, 1961
Mimeresia Stempffer, 1961; Ann. Mus. roy Afr.-Centr. (8) (Sci.zool.) 94: 24, TS: Liptena libentina Hewitson
Mimeresia (Liptenini) ; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 424; [BK, 160]
Mimeresia (Mimacraeina) ; [AfrL]

Mimeresia libentina (Hewitson, 1866)
-. See [About maps] Liptena libentina Hewitson, 1866; Ill. exot. Butts [5] (Pentila & Liptena): [66], pl. [33], f. 8-9, TL: Old Calabar
Mimeresia libentina ; [AfrL]
Nigeria, Gabon, Cameroun Mimeresia libentina libentina ; [BAFR, 431]; [AfrL]
M. l. isabellae (Schultze, 1917)
Fernando Póo, Nigeria - Ivory Coast, Liberia Pseuderesia libentina var. isabellae Schultze, 1917; Archiv Naturg. 82 A (3) : 36
Mimeresia libentina isabellae ; [BAFR, 431 (text)]; [AfrL]

Mimeresia debora (Kirby, 1890)
-. See [About maps] Pseuderesia debora Kirby, 1890; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 6 (33) : 264, TL: Barombi, Cameroons
Mimeresia debora ; [AfrL]
Cameroun, Congo Republic, Gabon Mimeresia debora debora ; [BAFR, 431]; [AfrL]
M. d. deborula (Aurivillius, 1899)
W.Zaire Mimeresia debora deborula ; [BAFR, 431 (text)]; [AfrL]
M. d. catori (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
Ghana - Sierra Leone Pseuderesia catori Bethune-Baker, 1904; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 14 (81) : 225, TL: Sierra Leone
Mimeresia debora catori ; [BAFR, 431]; [AfrL]
M. d. barnsi (Hawker-Smith, 1933)
E.Zaire, W.Uganda Mimeresia debora barnsi ; [BAFR, 431 (text)]; [AfrL]

Mimeresia semirufa (Grose-Smith, 1902)
Ghana - Sierra Leone. See [About maps] Mimeresia semirufa ; [BAFR, 431]; [AfrL]

Mimeresia dinora (Kirby, 1890)
-. See [About maps] Pseuderesia dinora Kirby, 1890; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 6 (33) : 265, TL: Cameroons
?Pseuderesia carlota Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 47, TL: Albrechthöhe, N.Camerun
Mimeresia dinora ; [AfrL]

Larva on (lichen on tree trunks) [BK]

S.Nigeria, Cameroun Mimeresia dinora dinora ; [BAFR, 432]; [AfrL]
M. d. meyerbeeri D'Abrera, 1980
W.Uganda (Katera) Mimeresia dinora meyerbeeri D'Abrera, 1980; Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region: 432, fig., TL: Katera, Sango Bay, Masaka, Uganda
M. d. discirubra (Talbot, 1937)
W.Kenya, Uganda, NE.Zaire Mimeresia dinora discirubra ; [BK: 160, pl. 12, f. 128]; [BAFR, 432]; [AfrL]

Mimeresia drucei (Stempffer, 1954)
-. See [About maps] Mimeresia drucei ; [AfrL]
Cameroun - Congo Republic Mimeresia drucei drucei ; [BAFR, 432]; [AfrL]
M. d. ugandae (Stempffer, 1954)
W.Uganda (Bwamba), E.Zaire Mimeresia drucei ugandae ; [BAFR, 432 (text)]; [AfrL]
M. d. owerri Stempffer, 1961
Nigeria Memeresia drucei owerri ; [BAFR, 432 (text)]
Mimeresia drucei owerri ; [AfrL]

Mimeresia moreelsi (Aurivillius, 1901)
-. See [About maps] Mimeresia moreelsi ; [AfrL]
C.Zaire Mimeresia moreelsi moreelsi ; [BAFR, 432 (text)]; [AfrL]
M. m. tessmanni (Grünberg, 1910)
Cameroun, Congo Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon Mimeresia moreelsi tessmanni ; [BAFR, 432]; [AfrL]
M. m. purpurea (Hawker-Smith, 1933)
E.Zaire, W.Uganda Memeresia moreelsi purpurea ; [BAFR, 432 (text)]
Mimeresia moreelsi purpurea ; [AfrL]

Mimeresia favillacea (Grünberg, 1910)
-. See [About maps] Mimeresia favillacea ; [AfrL]
S.Cameroun, Equatorial Guinea, lower course of Zaire R. Mimeresia favillacea favillacea ; [BAFR, 432]; [AfrL]
M. f. griseata (Talbot, 1937)
Uganda, E.Zaire Mimeresia favillacea griseata ; [BAFR, 432 (text)]; [AfrL]

Mimeresia russulus (Druce, 1910)
-. See [About maps] Pseuderesia russulus Druce, 1910; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1910 (1) : 360, pl. 33, f. 8, TL: Upper Kasai distr., Congo Free State
Mimeresia russulus ; [AfrL]
Cameroun, Congo Republic, SW.Zaire Mimeresia russulus russulus ; BAFR, 432; [AfrL]
M. r. katangae (Hawker-Smith, 1926)
SE.Zaire Mimeresia russulus katangae ; [BAFR, 432 (text)]; [AfrL]
M. r. unyoro Stempffer, 1961
W.Uganda (Budongo Forest) Mimeresia russulus unyoro ; [AfrL]; [BAFR, 432]

Mimeresia cellularis (Kirby, 1890)
Gabon, Congo Republic, Cameroun, Nigeria, Ivory Coast. See [About maps] Pseuderesia cellularis Kirby, 1890; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 6 (33) : 263, TL: Cameroons
Mimeresia cellularis ; [BAFR, 432]; [AfrL]

Mimeresia pseudocellularis Stempffer, 1968
Congo Republic. See [About maps] Mimeresia pseudocellularis ; [BAFR, 432 (text)]; [AfrL]

Mimeresia neavei (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
Uganda, NE.Zaire. See [About maps] Pseuderesia neavei Joicey & Talbot, 1921; Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (1) : 80, pl. 14, f. 49-50, TL: W. Semliki River, near Lesse
Mimeresia neavei ; [BAFR, 432]; [EBW]; [AfrL]

?Mimeresia moyambina (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast. See [About maps] Mimeresia moyambina ; [BAFR, 432]; [AfrL]

Mimeresia issia Stempffer, 1969
SE.Ivory Coast (Issia). See [About maps] Mimeresia issia ; [BAFR, 433 (text)]; [AfrL]


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References:
[About maps]
Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
[AfrL]
Mark C. Williams; Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperoidea; Compiled by Mark C. Williams, 7th ed. (2008) (April 2007); e-mail: Mark C. Williams
[BAFR]
D'Abrera, 1980; Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region
[BK]
Larsen, Torben B., 1996; The Butterflies of Kenya and their natural history
[EBW]
Smart, Paul, 1976; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World; ISBN 0 600 31381 6


Some related literature:
Bethune-Baker, 1904
On new Species of Rhopalocera from Sierra Leone Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 14 (81) : 222-233
Druce, 1910
Descriptions of new Lycaenidae and Hesperiidae from Tropical West Africa Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1910 (1) : 356-378, pl. 33-35
Eliot, 1973
The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative Arrangement Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 373-505, 162fgs, pl. 1-6
Hewitson, 1866
Illustrations of new species of exotic Butterflies selected chiefly from the collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson Ill. exot. Butts [5] : (Systematic Index) V, (Anteros): [1-2], pl. [1] (1867), (Erycina & Necyria): [3-4], pl. [2] (1870), (Erycina Symmachia &c): [5-6], pl. [3] (1875), (Necyria & Esthemopsis): [7-8], pl. [4] (1872), (Calydna): [9-10], pl. [5] (1854), (Calydna II): [11-12], pl. [6] (1859), (Theope): [13-14], pl. [7] (1860), (Symmachia): [15-16], pl. [8] (1867), (Symmachia & Charis II): [17-18], pl. [9] (1871), (Charis): [19-20], pl. [10] (1866), (Emesis): [21-22], pl. [11] (1872), (Nymphidium I): [23-24], pl. [12] (1853), (Nymphidium II-III): [25-28], pl. [13-14] (1865), (Nymphidium IV): [29-30], pl. [15] (1871), (Lemonias I): [31-32], pl. [16] (1853), (Lemonias II): [33-34], pl. [17] (1858), (Lemonias III-IV): [35-38], pl. [18-19] (1863), (Lemonias V): [39-40], pl. [20] (1872), (Lemonias & Baeotis): [41-42], pl. [21] (1875), (Lemonias & Baeotis): [43-44], pl. [22] (1874), (Pachythone & Cremna): [45-46], pl. [23] (1873), (Hades, Uraneis, &c): [47-48], pl. [24] (1870), (Limnas I-II): [49-52], pl. [25-26] (1853), (Limnas & Panara): [53-54], pl. [27] (1875), (Limnas &c): [55-56], pl. [28] (1876), (Limnas & Ithomeis): [57-58], pl. [29] (1870), (Chamaelimnas & Ithomiola): [59-60], pl. [30] (1871), (Hermathena &c): [61-62], pl. [31] (1875), (Ogyris): [63-64], pl. [32] (1853), (Pentila & Liptena): [65-66], pl. [33] (1866), (Pentila & Liptena II): [67-68], pl. [34] (1873), (Lycaena): [69-70], pl. [35] (1876), (Pyrrhopyga I-II): [71-74], pl. [36-37] (1857), (Pyrrhopyga): [75-76], pl. [38] (1869), (Pyrrhopyga II-III): [77-80], pl. [39-40] (1871), (Pyrrhopyga IV): [81-82], pl. [41] (1873), (Pyrrhopyga V & Erycides): [83-84], pl. [42] (1875), (Ismene I-II): [85-88], pl. [43-44] (1867), (Eudamus): [89-90], pl. [45] (1873), (Eudamus II-III): [91-94], pl. [46-47] (1875), (Chaetocneme): [95-96], pl. [48] (1874), (Hesperia I-II): [97-100], pl. [49-50] (1867), (Hesperia III): [101-102], pl. [51] (1868), (Hesperia IV): [103-104], pl. [52] (1869), (Hesperia V): [105-106], pl. [53] (1872), (Hesperia V*-VI): [107-110], pl. [54-55] (1873), (Hesperia VII): [111-112], pl. [56] (1876), (Leucochitonea): [113-114], pl. [57] (1869), (Leucochitonea II): [115-116], pl. [58] (1875), (Pterygospidea): [117-118], pl. [59] (1873), (Cyclopides): [119-120], pl. [60] (1874), (Cyclopides & Hesperilla): [121-122], pl. [61] (1874)
Joicey & Talbot, 1921
New Lepidoptera Collected by Mr. T. A. Barns, in East Central Africa. New Forms of Rhopalocera Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (1) : 44-118, pl. 5-16
Kirby, 1890
Descriptions of new Species of African Lycaenidae, chiefly from the Collections of Dr Staudinger and Mr Henley Grose Smith Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 6 (33) : 261-274
Schultze, 1917
Weitere neue Rhopaloceren aus der Ausbeute der II. Inner-Afrika-Expedition des Herzogs Adolf Friedrich zu Meclenburg Archiv Naturg. 82 A (3) : 34-39
Suffert, 1904
Neue afrikansche Tagfalter aus dem kön. zool. Museum, Berlin, und meiner Sammlung Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 12-107, pl.


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