Euphaedra viridicaerulea
species of insect
Euphaedra viridicaerulea, known as the brown-patch Ceres forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Uganda and Kenya.
Subspecies
E. v. viridicaerulea (south-eastern Nigeria, Cameroon)
E. v. inanoides Holland, 1920 (Central African Republic, central and northern Democratic Republic of the Congo)
E. v. griseargentina Hecq, 1977 (southern Democratic Republic of the Congo)
E. v. nitidula van Someren, 1935 (Uganda, Kenya)
Description
E. viridicaerulea Bartel (formerly known as rana Stgr. i.1.) (44 c) differs from ceres in having very indistinct or absent black discal spots on the underside. It also differs from the following species in its distinct, black, bluish-margined submarginal spots on the hindwing underside. The forewing has a bluish-white subapical band, and
the hindmarginal spot on the upper surface is very narrow, barely reaching the middle of cellule 1b The marginal band on the hindwing upperside lacks distinct blue spots.
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