Wildlife of Africa Conservation Initiative
A Special Wildlife Conservation, Research, Education, and Rescue Initiative
Happy Monday from Papilio menestheus. Shot by Ojunugwa Ekpah. This is a rather scarce forest butterfly that require little search in forests of good condition. Both sexes are fond of Continue Reading →
Meet the Flying Handkerchief butterfly documented by Ojonugwa Ekpah. This butterfly fascinates scientists in Africa partly because it is large, beautiful and easy to breed. This species is broadly distributed Continue Reading →
Happy Monday! This is a common forest butterfly which is sometime found in severely disturbed areas, even in gardens, shot by Ojonugwa Ekpah. Courtship takes place in open sunlight in Continue Reading →
Happy Monday! Meet Papillo phorcas, shot by Ojonugwa Ekpah. This species are hardly seen in human disturbed areas and not even areas around Lagos. It is absent from many forests Continue Reading →
Happy Monday! Meet Euphaedra losinga (Dark Brown Forester) shot by Ojonugwa Ekpah. Some of these were sighted in January, 2021 at the Becheve Nature Resserve in Obudu Cattle Ranch of Continue Reading →
This is a fairly common butterfly that has been recorded nearly throughout west Africa. While essentially a butterfly of the guinea and Sudan savannahs, during the dry season it makes Continue Reading →
This Butterfly is found almost throughout Nigerian forests especially in disturbed forest areas. It is the smallest of the Junonia genus. This is one of the species that welcomes you Continue Reading →
This is a common forest butterfly found along tracks, forest edges, and small clearings but normally in the deep forests. This particular one was photographed at the top of Obudu Continue Reading →
Walking carefully into Erin camp of Omo forest reserve, one is likely to be welcomed by the Common White-Banded Swallowtail. This is a forest butterfly with some tolerance of habitat Continue Reading →
Euphaedra are mainly forest butterflies although a few do well in degraded areas with a full canopy. The Splendid Ceres Forester are from southern Nigeria but may penetrate western Cameroun. Continue Reading →