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

• DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4150.2.2
• Publication Date: 2016-08-11T00:59:35Z
• Authors: SZABOLCS SÁFIÁN; ROBERT TROPEK
• Keywords: Lycaenidae; Mount; Nymphalidae

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