Euphaedra viridicaerulea

Euphaedra viridicaerulea
	As E. rana in Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Euphaedra
Species:	E. viridicaerulea
Binomial name
	Euphaedra viridicaerulea; Bartel, 1905
Synonyms
	Euphaedra (Euphaedrana) viridicaerulea; Euphaedra inanoides Holland, 1920; Euphaedra ugandae f. viridis Rothschild, 1918; Euphaedra uganda f. subargentina Hecq, 1977;

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.^[2]

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. The forewing underside features three black spots in the cell and a black submarginal spot in cellule 1 b. The hindwing underside is yellowish, especially towards the inner margin, with one or two black dots in the cell and a black spot at the base of vein 8. The female has an indistinctly defined whitish median band, which is entirely absent in the male. This species is found in South Cameroon and Gaboon. ^[3]

Similar species

Other members of the Euphaedra ceres species group

References

^ "Euphaedra Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
^ Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Grosschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Grosschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[funet-1] "Euphaedra Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[ATBUT-2] Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini

[3] Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Grosschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Grosschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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