It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria and western Cameroon.

from the distal margin; the red costal stripe on the underside of the hindwing never entirely covers the base of cellule 7; the wings above with blackish ground-colour.

The under surface of the hindwing broadly suffused with red not only at the costal margin but also in the middle between veins 2 and 7; the subapical band of the fore wing is light yellow or whitish, edged with bluish, reaches vein 3 and is posteriorly not at all or but little widened; base and hindmargin of the forewing more or less extended blue-green; the hindwing shining blue-green above with broad blackish marginal band, in which the deep black submarginal spots often only stand out distinctly in certain lights.

- bombeana Strand is similar to the preceding form, but the subapical band is whitish, broader, and posteriorly more widened (6 mm., in cellule 4 nearly 10 mm.

[now species Euphaedra crockeri ] the subapical band of the forewing is indistinct and not differing from the ground-colour; the hindwing beneath is only red at the costal margin, the red colour not extending posteriorly beyond vein 7; the ground-colour of the under surface is yellowish green, at the termen distally to the black submarginal spots dark brown.