Republic of Central Africa

The landlocked Central African Republic in Central Africa is bordered by Chad in the north, Sudan in the east, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the south, and Cameroon in the west.

Most of the CAR consists of hot, dry Sudano-Guinean savannas, but it also has a Sahelo-Sudanese zone (almost desert) in the north and an equatorial forest zone in the south. Only eight percent of the country is forest with most of that in the south.

The climate is tropical, with hot dry winds blowing across the flat or rolling savannas, causing desertification in the northeast.

The following checklist probably has many erroneous inclusions and doubtless has some omissions, but it can be used as a starting point in trying to do determinations. Please send digital images with data to oehlkew@islandtelecom.com and I will do my best to assist with determinations.

Micragonini: Carnegia mirabilis IT Goodia astrica PD Goodia falcata TB Goodia nubilata IT Goodia perfulvastra PD Holocerina angulata IT Holocerina basquini IT Holocerina rougeoti NV Micragone agathylla IT M. a. flammostriata Micragone nenia Micragone nubifera AVV Ortho. adamaouenis PD O. a. aequinoctalis PD Ortho. a. neodollmani PD Ortho. chalix PD Ortho. fontainei PD Ortho. khali PD Ortho. lemairei PD Ortho. luminosum PD Oortho. monochromum PD Ortho. neoprox PD Ortho. ndokiensis PD Ortho. olivescens PD Ortho. paveci PD Ortho. perarcuatum PD Ortho. prox IT O. subuelense PD O. tristis PD O. uelense PD Ortho. vestigiatum IT

Bunaeini: Athletes ethra IT Ath. e. ogouensis PD Ath. nyanzae BOLD Aurivi. aratus AVV Aurivi. triramis IT Aurivi. xerophyllus IT Bunaea alcinoe NV Bunaeo. aurantiaca IT Buneao. licharbas WO Cirina forda WO Gon. hecate AVV G. occidentalis TB Heniocha marnois PS Imbrasia eblis AVV Imbrasia epimethea IT Imbrasia oyemensis IT Imbrasia truncata IT Lobobunea acetes IT Lobobunaea goodii PD Lob. ph. christyi AVV Melan. pujoli NHM Nudaurelia alopia IT Nudaurelia anthina IT Nudaurelia dione IT Nudaurelia emini EVS Pseudimbrasia deyrollei IT Pseudobunaea alinda ALB Pseudobunaea epityrrhena IT Pseudobunaea irius WO Pseudobunaea pallens IT Pseud. t. neglecta PD Pseud. t. pratorum PD Rohaniella pygmaea WO

Attacini: Epiphora albida PS Epiphora ploetzi WO Epiphora rectifascia IT Epiphora vacuna IT Urotini: Eudaemonia troglophylla PS Pseudantheraea discrepans IT Pselaphelia gemmifera Pselaphelia oremansi PD Pseudaphelia simplex AVV Usta terpsichore WO

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Goto Main Index

I am going to start (someday??) to build checklists for the different prefectures and other administrative units. Most species can probably be found along the borders with southeastern Cameroon, northeastern Congo Brazzaville and northern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Sangha Aur. triramis PD Carn. mirabilis PD Ep. rectifascia PD E. troglophylla PD Goodia astrica PD G. perfulvastra PD Lobob. acetes PD Lobob. goodii PD O. a. aequinoc. PD O. monochrom. PD Or. ndokiensis PD O. olivescens PD Ortho. paveci PD O. perarcuat. WO Psel. oremansi PD Pseudob. alinda Ps. illustris P. t. neglecta PD

Haute-Sangha

Lobaye Goodia astrica PD G. perfulvastra PD O. perarcuat. PD

Ombella-Mpoko

Kemo-Gribingui