Euphaedra sarita explained

Euphaedra sarita is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Ethiopia.[1]

Description

E. sarita E. Sharpe (44 c), like inanum, has no black markings on the under surface except 1-3 dots in the cells; the ground-colour of the underside is very variable, light green -yellow-green - yellow-brown, and the hindwing has no white median band but occasionally light green submarginal spots; the subapical band of the forewing is in the male above dark green and triangular, beneath quite obsolete or only indicated, in the female whitish; the blue-green hindmarginal spot on the forewing reaches at least to vein 2. Congo - ab. abyssinica Rothsch. has on the under surface the base of the costal margin of the hindwing bright ochre-yellow and a black spot on the precostal vein. Abyssinia. [2]

Subspecies

Similar species

Other members of the Euphaedra ceres species group

Notes and References

  1. http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_adoliadini.doc Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
  2. 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.