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The vast majority of Africa's tropical moist and tropical rainforests exist in West and Central Africa. However, these forests are rapidly vanishing; according to the FAO, Africa lost the highest percentage of rainforests during the 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s of any biogeographical realm. Around the turn of the century, West Africa had some ...
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In recent historical time (i.e. since ad 1500), the Afrotropical Realm as a whole has lost at least 56 species/6 subspecies of vertebrates. Among the extinct forms 1 species/6 subspecies are mammals, 9 species are birds, 3 species are reptiles, and 43 species are freshwater fishes. Another 15 species are possibly extinct, and 1 species is ...
C. opinatus. Binomial name. Charaxes opinatus. Heron, 1909 [1] [2] Synonyms. Charaxes opinatus f. xanthia Turlin, 1998. Charaxes opinatus is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in western Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kivu). [3]
Subfamily: Poritiinae. Genus: Epitola. Westwood, 1851 [1] Epitola is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are endemic to the Afrotropical realm. Epitola was erected by John O. Westwood in 1851.
Description [ edit] Flower of Heterotis rotundifolia in Kerala. Heterotis rotundifolia can grow in a variety of ways, from straight up and erect to lying flat and prostrate to decumbent, meaning the branches lie flat on the ground but turn up at the ends. When the stems trail, they root where the leaf connects to the stem, called the "node".
