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Afrotropical realm. The Afrotropical realm is one of the Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Sub-Saharan Africa, the southern Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, and the islands of the western Indian Ocean. [1] It was formerly known as the Ethiopian Zone or Ethiopian Region .
The Afrotropics is one of the world’s major biogeographical realms with five major subrealm divisions based on the Bioregions 2023 framework—Southern Afrotropics, Sub-Equatorial Afrotropics, Equatorial Afrotropics, Madagascar & East African Coast, and Sub-Saharan Afrotropics—containing 24 bioregions in total.
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The main article for this category is Afrotropical realm. This category is for articles about the Afrotropical realm . This realm includes Sub-Saharan Africa in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula and southeast Iran in Asia. See also: Category:Afrotropical realm biota.
6293 species. The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south of the Sahara Desert, the majority of the Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, southern Iran and extreme southwestern Pakistan, and the islands of the western Indian Ocean. It was formerly known as the Ethiopian Zone or Ethiopian ...
The family Ptychopteridae ( Figs. 15.6A, 15.9B, and 15.15E) has 78 species in the northern hemisphere and the Afrotropical Region, and includes three genera: Bittacomorpha Westwood, 1835, Bittacomorphella Alexander, 1916, and Ptychoptera Meigen, 1803 ( Fasbender, 2013 ). Four named Ptychoptera species inhabit the Mediterranean Basin ...
Subcategories. This category has the following 22 subcategories, out of 22 total. * Afrotropical realm maps (1 P, 8 F) . Afromontane (6 C, 13 F) Afrotropical ecoregion maps (133 F) Afrotropical ecoregions (10 C) Charles Oberthür's afrotropical Lepidoptera collections (10 F) East Tropical Africa (3 C, 6 F)
Part Two—THE AFROTROPICAL REALM 2.1 Physical Limits 17 2.2 Geological and Biogeographical History 17 2.3 Geography and Physiography 21 2.4 Climate and Vegetation 22 2.5 Floral Characteristics 25 2.6 Faunal Characteristics 25 2.7 Biogeographical Divisions of the Afrotropical Realm 26 2.8 History of Man in Africa 31 2.9 Patterns of Land Change 31
