Mimeresia libentina

Mimeresia libentina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Mimeresia
Species:	M. libentina
Binomial name
	Mimeresia libentina; (Hewitson, 1866)
Synonyms
	Liptena libentina Hewitson, 1866; Liptena libentina var. zerita Plötz, 1880; Liptena rubrica Druce, 1888; Pseuderesia zoraida Grose-Smith and Kirby, 1890; Pseuderesia libentina var. isabellae Schultze, 1917;

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[edit]

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)

^ Mimeresia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Mimacraeina". Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2012-10-02.

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