Euphaedra ceres

Note The species of this subgroup may he at once known by the hindwing not being red at the base of the costal margin beneath. In this subgroup also occur forms with and without black spots on the under surface. E. ceres differs from the other forms of the subgroup in having distinct, though sometimes small, black discal spots on the underside of both wings; also the cells beneath always with 2 or 3 black spots; the hindmarginal spot on the upperside of the forewing is green or bluish, rarely reaches the base, but cellule 2; hindwing blue or green above. The species is very variable and the forms erected intergrade without sharp dividing-lines- ceres F. (43 a). Wings beneath with distinct black submarginal spots, the black discal spots in cellules 3-5 on the underside of the forewing, which basally bound the light subapical band, are usually large and placed close behind the apex of the cell, which is closed by a black transverse spot; hindwing beneath with white or whitish median band and above usually with black discocellular spot; the subapical band of the forewing is light greenish or whitish above, rarely yellow; the under surface at least in the basal part green or bluish, in the marginal part often suffused with brown; the fringes white-spotted. -ab. …