Author: Ojonugwa Ekpah

Happy Monday from this beautiful butterfly to you!This species has a wide range of habitat preferences from the wettest rainforest to Guinea savannah and as far north as Kaduna. This Continue Reading →

Acraea admantha (Hewitson’s Glassy Acraea) is wishing you a beautiful Monday, shot by Ojonugwa Ekpah.This species is fairly common in southern Nigeria. The species flies mainly at forest edges, in Continue Reading →

Happy Butterfly Monday!Euphaedra hebes is one of the butterfly species that would welcome you into Omo forest Reserve in Nigeria. Shot by Ojonugwa Ekpah.It occurs in the wetter forests in Continue Reading →

A very cool Monday from this beautiful butterfly that seems to be relaxing in the midst of leaves, shot by Ojonugwa Ekpah. It is a forest butterfly with some tolerance Continue Reading →

Beautiful Monday from Bicyclus madetes, shot by Ojonugwa Ekpah.This species flies in forest and survives severe forest degradation relatively well. It is often commonly found, although somewhat patchily distributed. Host Continue Reading →

This is a forest butterfly that colonize farmlands better than most of the other Cymothoe. Another shot by Ojonugwa Ekpah. Males are usually found in sunspots in forest where they Continue Reading →

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 →