Mimeresia libentina

Mimeresia libentina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Mimeresia
Species:	M. libentina
Binomial name
	Mimeresia libentina; (Hewitson, 1866)[1]
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

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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