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Euphaedra viridicaerulea

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Euphaedra

Euphaedra viridicaerulea

Similar
  
Euphaedra luperca, Euphaedra preussi, Euphaedra alacris, Euphaedra zaddachii, Euphaedra gausape

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 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)
  • References

    Euphaedra viridicaerulea Wikipedia