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]
E. viridicaerulea Bartel (= rana Stgr. i.1.) (44 c) differs from ceres in having the black discal spots on the under surface very indistinct or absent and from the following species in the distinct, black, bluish-margined submarginal spots on the hindwing beneath. The forewing has the subapical band bluish white and the hinclmarginal spot on the upper surface very narrow, scarcely reaching the middle of cellule 1 b; the marginal band on the upperside of the hind wing is without distinct blue spots; the forewing beneath has three black spots in the cell and a black submarginal spot in cellule 1 b; the hindwing beneath is more or less yellowish. especially towards the inner margin, in the cell with 1 or 2 black dots and with a black spot at the base of vein 8; the female with an indistinctly defined whitish median band, which is entirely absent in the male. South Cameroons and Gaboon. [3]
Other members of the Euphaedra ceres species group
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. 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.
