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Identification,Observation and conservation of Butterflies of Nigeria
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Butterflies
Of Nigeria
Robert Warren
Gangirwal: Nigeria’s
highest mountain,
and home to
Colias electo: The
African Clouded
Yellow
IDENTIFICATION 1
IDENTIFICATION 1
MIMICRY
Models on the left
Mimics on the right
IDENTIFICATION 1
OBSERVATION
The better you have of the
following, the more butterflies
you will see:
1. Sun
2. Water
3. Quiet
4. Habitat
5. Food (Bait)
IDENTIFICATION 1
IDENTIFICATION 2
Skippers: small, fast
and whirry.
‘Odd’-looking (closer
to moths), and with a
hook on end of the
antennae.
The African Giant
Skipper
(Pyrrhochalcia iphis)
is common in Lekki
Swordtails: large butterflies with very
long tails. Fond of ‘mud-puddling’
Graphium policenes: The Common
Striped Swordtail
Sailers: Black and white
Brush-foots with a
distinctive flight pattern
39 species in West Africa,
all of which look similar,
and some of which can
look identical!
How do we know they are
different species? What is
a species?
Acraea (pl. Acraeidae):
Brush-foots with long
forewings. Many are
partially transparent
(‘Glass-wings’)
Almost all Acraeidae are
found in Africa
IDENTIFICATION 1
CONSERVATION
Okomu
Omo
IITA
Oban
Okwangwo
Gashaka &
Mambilla
New Ekuri
Rhoko Forest: protected by CERCOPAN and the community of Iko Esai
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Butterfly Species Accumulation Curve for Rhoko Forest
IDENTIFICATION 1
EXAM TIME!