Two new butterfly species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) from Mount Cameroon, Gulf of Guinea Highlands, Cameroon

Abstrakt

A field survey of Mount Cameroon, South-West Province, Cameroon, revealed two butterfly species new to science. Lepidochrysops liberti sp. nov. (Lycaenidae) flies in the extensive mosaic of natural clearings in sub-montane forest above 1100 m a.s.l., whereas Ceratrichia fako sp. nov. (Hesperiidae) locally inhabits the forested narrow gullies in the same vegetation zone.

Observations on the habitat and behaviour of both species are also presented.

Klíčová slova

• Lepidochrysops liberti sp nov.
• Ceratrichia fako sp nov.
• Lycaenidae
• Hesperiidae
• sub-montane forest
• endemism