Euphaedra olivacea is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in central and western Uganda.Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
It is a member of the Euphaedra preussi species group q.v. ab. olivacea Grunb. Seitz - has the upper surface uniformly dark except for the white subapical band, without a trace of light or dark submarginal spots on the hindwing and the under surface quite as uniform brownish green with the black cell-spots much reduced. Uganda.It was described as an aberration of preussi later raised to a species by Carcasson.Ackery P. R., Smith C. R., and Vane-Wright R. I., eds. 1995. Carcasson's African butterflies - An Annotated Catalogue of the Papilionidea and Hesperioidea of the Afrotropical Region. Canberra: CSIRO. A collated edited and amplified version of Carcasson's manuscripts
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