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 Ligulosia costimaculata (Aurivillius, 1910) Erebidae , Arctiinae Materials Type status: Other material . Occurrence: individualCount: 1 ; sex: female ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Ligulosiacostimaculata (Aurivillius, 1910); Location: continent: Africa; country: Cameroon ; stateProvince: Southwest Region; locality: Drink Gari, Mount Cameroon ; verbatimElevation: 650 m ; decimalLatitude: 04.1022 ; decimalLongitude: 09.0630 ; Identification: identifiedBy: Lukasz Przybylowicz ; dateIdentified: 2017; Event: samplingProtocol: Light catching ; eventDate: 09/02/2016 ; habitat: Primary lowland forest; Record Level: type: PhysicalObject; institutionID: http://grbio.org/cool/8t1f-g2z6; institutionCode: ZMJU ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: individualCount: 55 ; sex: 54 males , 1 female ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Ligulosiacostimaculata (Aurivillius, 1910); Location: continent: Africa; country: Cameroon ; stateProvince: Southwest Region; locality: Crater Lake, Mount Cameroon ; verbatimElevation: 1,450 m ; decimalLatitude: 04.1443 ; decimalLongitude: 09.0717 ; Identification: identifiedBy: Lukasz Przybylowicz ; dateIdentified: 2017; Event: samplingProtocol: Light catching ; eventDate: 24/11/2016 ; habitat: Submontane forest locally disturbed by elephants; Record Level: type: PhysicalObject; institutionID: http://grbio.org/cool/8t1f-g2z6; institutionCode: ZMJU ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: individualCount: 15 ; sex: males ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Ligulosiacostimaculata (Aurivillius, 1910); Location: continent: Africa; country: Cameroon ; stateProvince: Southwest Region; locality: Crater Lake, Mount Cameroon ; verbatimElevation: 1,450 m ; decimalLatitude: 04.1443 ; decimalLongitude: 09.0717 ; Identification: identifiedBy: Lukasz Przybylowicz ; dateIdentified: 2017; Event: samplingProtocol: Light catching ; eventDate: 20/02/2017 ; habitat: Submontane forest locally disturbed by elephants; Record Level: type: PhysicalObject; institutionID: http://grbio.org/cool/8t1f-g2z6; institutionCode: ZMJU ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: individualCount: 15 ; sex: males ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Ligulosiacostimaculata (Aurivillius, 1910); Location: continent: Africa; country: Cameroon ; stateProvince: Southwest Region; locality: Crater Lake, Mount Cameroon ; verbatimElevation: 1,450 m ; decimalLatitude: 04.1443 ; decimalLongitude: 09.0717 ; Identification: identifiedBy: Lukasz Przybylowicz ; dateIdentified: 2017; Event: samplingProtocol: Light catching ; eventDate: 26/04/2017 ; habitat: Submontane forest locally disturbed by elephants; Record Level: type: PhysicalObject; institutionID: http://grbio.org/cool/8t1f-g2z6; institutionCode: ZMJU ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: individualCount: 4 ; sex: 3 males , 1 female ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Ligulosiacostimaculata (Aurivillius, 1910); Location: continent: Africa; country: Cameroon ; stateProvince: Southwest Region; locality: Elephant Camp, Mount Cameroon ; verbatimElevation: 1,850 m ; decimalLatitude: 04.1453 ; decimalLongitude: 09.0870 ; Identification: identifiedBy: Lukasz Przybylowicz ; dateIdentified: 2017; Event: samplingProtocol: Light catching ; eventDate: 21/11/2014 ; habitat: Montane forest locally disturbed by elephants; Record Level: type: PhysicalObject; institutionID: http://grbio.org/cool/8t1f-g2z6; institutionCode: ZMJU ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: individualCount: 32 ; sex: males ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Ligulosiacostimaculata (Aurivillius, 1910); Location: continent: Africa; country: Cameroon ; stateProvince: Southwest Region; locality: Elephant Camp, Mount Cameroon ; verbatimElevation: 1,850 m ; decimalLatitude: 04.1453 ; decimalLongitude: 09.0870 ; Identification: identifiedBy: Lukasz Przybylowicz ; dateIdentified: 2017; Event: samplingProtocol: Light catching ; eventDate: 20/02/2017 ; habitat: Montane forest locally disturbed by elephants; Record Level: type: PhysicalObject; institutionID: http://grbio.org/cool/8t1f-g2z6; institutionCode: ZMJU ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: individualCount: 83 ; sex: males ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Ligulosiacostimaculata (Aurivillius, 1910); Location: continent: Africa; country: Cameroon ; stateProvince: Southwest Region; locality: Elephant Camp, Mount Cameroon ; verbatimElevation: 1,850 m ; decimalLatitude: 04.1453 ; decimalLongitude: 09.0870 ; Identification: identifiedBy: Lukasz Przybylowicz ; dateIdentified: 2017; Event: samplingProtocol: Light catching ; eventDate: 23/04/2017 ; habitat: Montane forest locally disturbed by elephants; Record Level: type: PhysicalObject; institutionID: http://grbio.org/cool/8t1f-g2z6; institutionCode: ZMJU ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: individualCount: 9 ; sex: females ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Ligulosiacostimaculata (Aurivillius, 1910); Location: continent: Africa; country: Cameroon ; stateProvince: Southwest Region; locality: Mann's Spring, Mount Cameroon ; verbatimElevation: 2,200 m ; decimalLatitude: 04.1428 ; decimalLongitude: 09.1225 ; Identification: identifiedBy: Lukasz Przybylowicz ; dateIdentified: 2017; Event: samplingProtocol: Light catching ; eventDate: 08/11/2016 ; habitat: Montane forest close to the timberline; Record Level: type: PhysicalObject; institutionID: http://grbio.org/cool/8t1f-g2z6; institutionCode: ZMJU ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: individualCount: 46 ; sex: females ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Ligulosiacostimaculata (Aurivillius, 1910); Location: continent: Africa; country: Cameroon ; stateProvince: Southwest Region; locality: Mann's Spring, Mount Cameroon ; verbatimElevation: 2,200 m ; decimalLatitude: 04.1428 ; decimalLongitude: 09.1225 ; Identification: identifiedBy: Lukasz Przybylowicz ; dateIdentified: 2017; Event: samplingProtocol: Light catching ; eventDate: 01/02/2017 ; habitat: Montane forest close to the timberline; Record Level: type: PhysicalObject; institutionID: http://grbio.org/cool/8t1f-g2z6; institutionCode: ZMJU ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: individualCount: 64 ; sex: females ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Ligulosiacostimaculata (Aurivillius, 1910); Location: continent: Africa; country: Cameroon ; stateProvince: Southwest Region; locality: Mann's Spring, Mount Cameroon ; verbatimElevation: 2,200 m ; decimalLatitude: 04.1428 ; decimalLongitude: 09.1225 ; Identification: identifiedBy: Lukasz Przybylowicz ; dateIdentified: 2017; Event: samplingProtocol: Light catching ; eventDate: 18/04/2017 ; habitat: Montane forest close to the timberline; Record Level: type: PhysicalObject; institutionID: http://grbio.org/cool/8t1f-g2z6; institutionCode: ZMJU ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Distribution This species was reported from montane regions of Central (Democratic Republic of Congo) and Eastern (Kenya and Tanzania) Africa. Our record thus extended its known range to the Guinean biogeographic region. It was also the first record of Ligulosia genus in Cameroon. On Mount Cameroon, it has a relatively broad elevational distribution range (650-2,200 m a.s.l.), although most specimens were recorded at the higher elevations (Fig. 9 ).