Euphaedra viridicaerulea

Euphaedra viridicaerulea, 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]

Euphaedra viridicaerulea
As E. rana in Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Euphaedra
Species:
E. viridicaerulea
Binomial name
Euphaedra viridicaerulea
Bartel, 1905[1]
Synonyms
  • Euphaedra (Euphaedrana) viridicaerulea
  • Euphaedra inanoides Holland, 1920
  • Euphaedra ugandae f. viridis Rothschild, 1918
  • Euphaedra uganda f. subargentina Hecq, 1977

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)

References
  1. "Euphaedra Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini


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