Euphaedra viridicaerulea
Euphaedra viridicaerulea |
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Euphaedra viridicaerulea depicted as E. rana Staudinger in Seitz 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
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Euphaedra viridicaerulea, the Brown-patch Ceres Forester, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, Uganda and Kenya.[2]
Subspecies
- Euphaedra viridicaerulea viridicaerulea (south-eastern Nigeria, Cameroon)
- Euphaedra viridicaerulea inanoides Holland, 1920 (Central African Republic, central and northern Democratic Republic of Congo)
- Euphaedra viridicaerulea griseargentina Hecq, 1977 (southern Democratic Republic of Congo)
- Euphaedra viridicaerulea nitidula van Someren, 1935 (Uganda, Kenya)
References