Biodiversity at Ngel Nyaki
June 2009 - below is the beginnings of a biodiversity inventory of the Ngel Nyaki forest area. Researchers will add more species as they are identified.
Amphibians
 Phrynobatrachus steindachneri |
David Blackburn visited Ngel Nyaki in April 2009 and made a preliminary inventory of frogs and reptiles:
Species collected in Ngel Nyaki forest:
Arthroleptis cf. sylvaticus
Astylosternus sp.
Cardioglossa sp. 1
Cardioglossa sp. 2
Leptodactylodon cf. bicolor
Leptopelis sp.
 Leptopelis nordequatorialis |
Phrynobatrachus steindachneri
Phrynobatrachus sp. nov.
Species collected from grasslands or riparian forest:
Arthroleptis sp. nov.
Bufo ?villiersi
Leptopelis nordequatorialis
Ptychadena sp.
Species heard in grasslands and riparian forest:
Kassina sp.
 Bufo villiersi |
Phrynobatrachus cf. werneri
Reptiles
Species collected in grassland and woodland:
Agama cf. sylvanus
Trachylepis cf. maculabris
Fish
Species collected in stream near Yelwa:
Aphyosemion ?elberti
Butterflies
 Acraea-orestia-query-r |
D.P. Knoop is responsible for taxonomic
determinations and for convenience,
nomenclature and sequence follows
Carcasson.
Species confined to the Cameroon-Nigeria
Afromontane group are marked with an
asterisks (*).
ssp. indicates a subspecies.
Lepidoptera (Rhopalocera) collected at Ngel
Nyaki 11-2005
Type faces and position below Super-Family
status.
PAPILIONOIDAE - Super-Family
PAPILIONIDAE - Family
PAPILIONINAE - Subfamily
LAMPROPTERINI -Tribe
 Acraea-orestia-query-v |
Graphium Scopoli, 1777 -Genus
Systematic species list of Lepidoptera
(Rhopalocera)
HESPERIOIDAE
HESPERIIDAE
1 species not identified…
PAPILIONOIDAE
PAPILIONINAE
Papilio (Linnaeus, 1758)
plagiatus *(Aurivillius, 1898)
zenobia (Fabricius, 1775)
demodocus (Esper, 1798)
dardanus (Brown, 1776)
NYMPHALIDAE
SATYRINAE
MELANITINI
Gnophodes Westwood, 1851
betsimena ssp. parmeno (Doubleday &
Hewitson, 1851)
Bicyclus Kirby, 1871
mandanes (Hewitson, 1873) Riverine and
lowland forest.
golo (Aurivillius, 1893) Montane forest.
? safitza
? sangmelinae
SATYRINI
Ypthima Hubner, 1818
albida ssp. occidentalis *(Bartel, 1905)
COLIADINAE
Catopsilia Hubner, 1819
florella (Fabricius, 1807)
Eurema Hubner, 1819
brigitta (Stoll, 1780)
PIERINAE
Colotis Hubner, 1819
aurora ssp. evarne
Belenois Hubner, 1819
calypso (Drury, 1773)
aurota (Fabricius, 1793)
Mylothris Hubner, 1819
chloris (Fabricius, 1775)
jacksoni ssp. knudsoni (Aurivillius, 1891)
CHARAXINAE
Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816
fulvescens (Aurivillius, 1891)
NYMPHALINAE
Bebearia Hemming, 1960
plistonax (Hewitson, 1874)
sophus (Fabricius, 1793)
Euphaedra Hubner, 1819
zaddachi (Dewitz, 1879)
medon (Linnaeus, 1763)
losinga (Hewitson, 1862)
? prosperina - really bad specimen
Aterica Boisduval, 1833
galene (Brown, 1776)
Cynandra Schatz, 1887
opis (Drury, 1773)
NYMPHALINI
Kallimoides Shironzu & Nakanishi, 1984
rumia (Westwood, 1850)
Protogoniomorpho ( ? )
parhassus (Drury, 1782)
Junonia Hubner, 1819
orithia ssp. madagascariensis (Guenee, 1864)
Woodland and montane grassland.
hierta ssp. cebrene (Trimen, 1870) Woodland
and montane grassland.
terea (Drury, 1773) Woodland.
Precis Hubner, 1819
octavia (Cramer, 1777) Woodland, Montane
grassland.
perlarga (Fabricius, 1775) Woodland.
rauana ssp. omissa (Rothschild, 1918) Montane
forest.
BIBLINI
Byblia Hubner, 1818
anvatara ssp. crameri (Aurivillius, 1894)
NEPTINI
Neptis Fabricius, 1807
morosa (Overlaet, 1955)
ACRAEINAE
ACRAEINI
Acraea (Fabricius, 1807)
viviana *(Staudinger, 1896) Montane forest,
Leinde Fadali.
karschi *(Aurivillius, 1898) Montane forest.
pharsalus (Ward, 1871) Lowland and montane
forest.
lycoa (Godart, 1819) Woodland and lowland
forest.
serena ( ? )
rogersi *(Hewitson, 1873) Montane forest.
bonasia (Fabricius, 1775)
Lepidoptera (Rhopalocera) collected at Ngel
Nyaki 4-2006
two very good records were added to Ngel
Nyaki:
• Acraea prenna
• Graphium alamansor
Also:
Graphium alamansor*
Hypolymnas salmacis
Protogoniomorpha temora
Junonia oenone
Belenois zochalia*
Pseudargynnis hegemone*
Charaxes etheocles
Neptis morosa
Bicyclus safitza
Acraea prenna
rogersi
egina
Amauris damocles
*Montane stenotypics
Both are rarely encountered within Nigeria.
Species Identification
Amphibian identifications by D.C. Blackburn
Reptile identifications by D.C. Blackburn and L. Welton
Fish identification by E.O. Wiley
Butterfly identifications by D.P. Knoop