First records of 31 species of butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera) in Cameroon, with remarks on their elevational ranges Author Delabye, Sylvain Author Maicher, Vincent Author Safian, Szabolcs Author Potocky, Pavel Author Mertens, Jan E. J. Author Przybylowicz, Lukasz Author Murkwe, Mercy Author Kobe, Ishmeal N. Author Fokam, Eric B. Author Janecek, Stepan Author Tropek, Robert text Biodiversity Data Journal 2020 8 50543 50543 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.8.e50543 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.8.e50543 1314-2828-8-e50543 C3175E5BEA105427839EEABB740C301B Mimopacha tripunctata (Aurivillius, 1905) Lasiocampidae , Lasiocampinae Materials Type status: Other material . Occurrence: individualCount: 2 ; sex: males ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Mimopachatripunctata (Aurivillius, 1905); Location: continent: Africa; country: Cameroon ; stateProvince: Southwest Region; locality: Crater Lake, Mount Cameroon ; verbatimElevation: 1,450 m ; decimalLatitude: 04.1443 ; decimalLongitude: 09.0717 ; Identification: identifiedBy: Vincent Maicher ; dateIdentified: 2017; Event: samplingProtocol: Light catching ; eventDate: 24/11/2016 ; habitat: Submontane forest locally disturbed by elephants; Record Level: type: PhysicalObject; institutionID: http://grbio.org/cool/8t1f-g2z6; institutionCode: ZMJU ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: individualCount: 2 ; sex: males ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Mimopachatripunctata (Aurivillius, 1905); Location: continent: Africa; country: Cameroon ; stateProvince: Southwest Region; locality: Elephant Camp, Mount Cameroon ; verbatimElevation: 1,850 m ; decimalLatitude: 04.1453 ; decimalLongitude: 09.0870 ; Identification: identifiedBy: Vincent Maicher ; dateIdentified: 2017; Event: samplingProtocol: Light catching ; eventDate: 18/11/2014 ; habitat: Montane forest locally disturbed by elephants; Record Level: type: PhysicalObject; institutionID: http://grbio.org/cool/8t1f-g2z6; institutionCode: ZMJU ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: individualCount: 2 ; sex: males ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Mimopachatripunctata (Aurivillius, 1905); Location: continent: Africa; country: Cameroon ; stateProvince: Southwest Region; locality: Mapanja Camp, Mount Cameroon ; verbatimElevation: 1,850 m ; decimalLatitude: 04.1157 ; decimalLongitude: 09.1315 ; Identification: identifiedBy: Vincent Maicher ; dateIdentified: 2017; Event: samplingProtocol: Light catching ; eventDate: 24/10/2017 ; habitat: Montane forest; Record Level: type: PhysicalObject; institutionID: http://grbio.org/cool/8t1f-g2z6; institutionCode: ZMJU ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Distribution This species was known from the Guinean ( Cote d'Ivoire and Nigeria) and Zambezian (Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda) biogeographic regions, with a large distribution gap in the Congolian biogeographic region. On Mount Cameroon, it was recorded in the submontane and montane forests between 1,450 and 1,850 m a.s.l. (Fig. 21 ).