First records of 31 species of butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera) in Cameroon, with remarks on their elevational ranges Author Delabye, Sylvain Author Maicher, Vincent Author Safian, Szabolcs Author Potocky, Pavel Author Mertens, Jan E. J. Author Przybylowicz, Lukasz Author Murkwe, Mercy Author Kobe, Ishmeal N. Author Fokam, Eric B. Author Janecek, Stepan Author Tropek, Robert text Biodiversity Data Journal 2020 8 50543 50543 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.8.e50543 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.8.e50543 1314-2828-8-e50543 C3175E5BEA105427839EEABB740C301B Hypotrabala castanea Holland, 1893 Lasiocampidae , Lasiocampinae Materials Type status: Other material . Occurrence: individualCount: 1 ; sex: male ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Hypotrabalacastanea Holland, 1893; Location: continent: Africa; country: Cameroon ; stateProvince: Southwest Region; locality: Dikolo Peninsula, Bimbia-Bonadikombo Community Forest ; verbatimElevation: 30 m ; decimalLatitude: 03.9818 ; decimalLongitude: 09.2625 ; Identification: identifiedBy: Vincent Maicher ; dateIdentified: 2017; Event: samplingProtocol: Light catching ; eventDate: 10/10/2017 ; habitat: Coastal forest; Record Level: type: PhysicalObject; institutionID: http://grbio.org/cool/8t1f-g2z6; institutionCode: ZMJU ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: individualCount: 2 ; sex: males ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Hypotrabalacastanea Holland, 1893; Location: continent: Africa; country: Cameroon ; stateProvince: Southwest Region; locality: Bamboo Camp, Mount Cameroon ; verbatimElevation: 350 m ; decimalLatitude: 04.0899 ; decimalLongitude: 09.0517 ; Identification: identifiedBy: Vincent Maicher ; dateIdentified: 2017; Event: samplingProtocol: Light catching ; eventDate: 18/04/2015 ; habitat: Lowland forest disturbed by historical selective logging; Record Level: type: PhysicalObject; institutionID: http://grbio.org/cool/8t1f-g2z6; institutionCode: ZMJU ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Distribution This species was reported from Ghana, Nigeria and Gabon. It is also the first record of Hypotrabala genus in Cameroon. In the Mount Cameroon region, it was collected in lowland forests up to 350 m a.s.l. (Fig. 20 ).