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
).