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Acedera (Oxalis corniculata)Observ.
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low-growing flower ☘️ in the family Oxalidaceae
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Commicarpus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Nyctaginaceae
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Gladiolo Naranja (Gladiolus dalenii)Observ.
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The petals are marked with orange flecks
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Beautiful flower growing along the road in ngorongoro conservation area
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the eastern palm forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
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Charaxes brutusObserv.
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The White-barred Emperor Butterfly has black fore wings characterized by a ridged margin. The wings have a series of interconnected white spots that form the white band almost through the middle of either wing. The underside of the forewings wings can be fawn, auburn, or grey. The White-barred Emperor Butterfly underside has a broad white band, and black spots. The hind wings, just like the fore wings, have a white band, a ridged margin, and are black in color. However, each hind wing has two tails and metallic blue spots. The underside of the hind wings is similar in appearance to the underside of the fore wings. The fore wings have concave shaped edges while the hind wings assume a triangular shape.
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Small weaver with a rather sparrow-like appearance. Forecrown black speckled with white, nape chestnut, malar stripe black. Remainder of plumage brown above and pale greyish below. Sexes are alike, imm is slightly duller. HH small flocks often feed on the ground and tend to be rather local in wooded grassland and semi-arid areas with bush cover from 400-2000m. Vo song is a rather pipit-like series of chips and trills, while flight and feeding call is a series of identical spitted notes tsitsizizizizit...
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This butterfly is very territorial and according to the Guinness World Records is the most aggressive butterfly in existence.[2]
DescriptionEdit
Green-veined emperor
The wingspan is 45–55 mm in males and 50–60 mm in females. The basic colour of the upperside wings is tawny or orange tawny, with a basal area slightly paler or pale ochre yellow. The unscaled veins and the costal edge of forewing are green. The hindwings have a submarginal black band with a series of tawny ochreous or whitish interstitial spots. The undersides of the forewings are clayish, slightly ochreous, while the hindwings are sepia colour. Forewings are rather falcade, while the hindwings have two small tails protruding from the lower edge. Flight period is from October to June.[3]
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Male and female. Upperside dark to somewhat pale vandyke-brown. Fore wing with a white-centred, fulvous-ringed, black ocellus in interspace 2, and rarely a very small but similar ocellus in interspace 5. Hind wing uniform, occasionally two or three postmedian obscure ocelli present. Fore and hind wings with subterminal and terminal pale lines. Underside: the groundcolour, subterminal and terminal lines on the wings as on upper-side, but crossed by a common purplish - white narrow discal fascia. Fore wing with from two to four, hind wing normally with seven ocelli, similar to, but more clearly defined than, the ocelli on the upperside ; on both wings the line of ocelli bordered inwardly and outwardly by sinuous purplish-white lines. On the hind wing only the three posterior ocelli in a straight line, the rest strongly curved outwards. In the female the median or posterior ocellus on the upperside of the fore wing is always larger than in the male.[3]
Dry-season form.- Male and female. Upperside similar to that in the wet-season form, the median ocellus generally smaller. Underside brown, more or less suffused with purple and irrorated with darker brown minute transverse strigae; the transverse discal band obscure, often merely indicated by black dots at the veins, occasionally bordered outwardly by an ochraceous diffuse band. Ocelli obsolescent, but when present as mere minute dots their arrangement on the hind wing is as in the wet-season form. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen brown; antennae sometimes cinereous white on the sides with the apex black. Male sex-marks in form 2, but that on the underside of the fore wing small (about 2 into, long) and black.[3]
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Colias electoObserv.
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Malolotja Distribution: South Africa, southern Mozambique, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Zambia Wingspan: males 35-40 mm females 32-40 mm Foodplants: include Trifolium. Comments: Adults are on the wing throughout the year,
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A small but instantly recognisable dragonfly males are unique and distinctive
With black-marked or patterned wings and
Pale powder blue bodies.
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Serín Estriado (Crithagra striolata)Observ.
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Widespread nominate race has a bold facial pattern with a well-defined creamy-white supercilium, heavy streaking both above and below, and variable greenish edges to the primaries. In WUg, race graueri is similar, but deeper buff-brown below. In the highlands of STz, distinctive race whytii (Yellow-browed Seedeater) has a bright yellow face, wing-edgings and tail, and underparts washed pale grey with black streaking across the breast and flanks. HH common and widespread in the highlands from 1300-4300m, where it inhabits moorland heath, forest edge, rank vegetation, gardens and cultivation. Vo song has a rather forced thrush-like quality and often ends with a soft rattle. It is sung in repeated short phrases or as an attractive continuous refrain. The cheerful call is a loud upslurred whistle siyuya. Race whytii is similar but lower pitched, and the call is siyuuee.
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Halconcito Africano (Polihierax semitorquatus)Observ.
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Polihierax semitorquatus
20cm, 8"
Tiny, attractive little raptor with a white face and underparts. Ad is pale-grey above with blacker wings and a short rather conspicuous black and white barred tail. Eye-ring, cere and legs are reddish-pink: eyes brown. Ad is similar, but with a chestnut-brown back. Imm is duller than ad, with a buff wash across the breast and variable dark grey-brown streaking: sexes also distinguished by back colour. Birds have direct, undulating and rapid flight, revealing a bright white rump, white spotted black wings, and a black and white barred tail. HH pairs and family groups are common residents of semi-arid bush and dry acacia grasslands, from near sea-level to 1800m. Often seen conspicuously perching on the tops of small bushes. Breeds in White-headed Buffalo-Weaver nests. Vo breeding birds call a discordant rather loud screaming squeal, recalling a woodpecker. The pygmy falcon, or African pygmy falcon(Polihierax semitorquatus), is a falcon that lives in eastern and southern Africa and is the smallest raptor on the continent. As a small falcon, only 19 to 20 cm long, it preys on insects, small reptiles, and small mammals.
Pygmy falconMale in Buffalo Springs National Park, Kenya
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classificationKingdom:AnimaliaPhylum:ChordataClass:AvesOrder:FalconiformesFamily:FalconidaeGenus:PolihieraxSpecies:
P. semitorquatus
Binomial namePolihierax semitorquatus
(Smith, 1836)
DescriptionEdit
African Pygmy Falcon Female at Buffalo Springs National Reserve, Kenya
Adult pygmy falcons are white below and on the face, grey above, and females having a chestnut back. There are white "eye spots" on the nape. Juveniles have a brown back, duller than adult females, with a rufous wash on the breast. The flight feathers of the wings are spotted black and white (more black above, more white below); the tail is barred black and white.[2][3]
The flight is low and undulating. In size, pattern, and the habit of perching upright on an exposed branch or treetop, this species resembles some shrikes.[2][3]
The call is "a high-pitched kikiKIK, repeated" (Kenya)[2] or "a 'chip-chip' and a 'kik-kik-kik-kik'" (southern Africa).[3]
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Malolotja Distribution: Subsaharan Africa. Wingspan: males 70-75 mm females 70-75 mm Foodplants: Clausena inaequalis, Toddalia lanceolata, Fagara capensis, Toddalia asiatica, Zanthoxylum delagoense, Vepris lanceolata, Citrus species. Comments: Has two flight periods from January to March and
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Género EagrisObserv.
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Distribution: eastern Cape to Swaziland, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and Limpopo Wingspan: males 35–42 mm females 39–43 mmFoodplants: Grewia occidentalis, Scutia myrtina.Comments: Adults are on wing year round in warmer areas with peaks in summer and autumn.
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Macken's dart Malolotja Distribution: the East Cape to KwaZulu-Natal and in Zimbabwe. Wingspan: males 27-32 mm females 29-33 mm Foodplants: Rhus and Acridocarpus species. Comments: Adults are on wing year round but are more common in late summer, autumn and winter
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Papilio dardanusObserv.
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Papilio dardanus, the African swallowtail, mocker swallowtail or flying handkerchief, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae (the swallowtails). The species is broadly distributed throughout Sub-Saharan Africa.[2] The British entomologist E. B. Poulton described it as "the most interesting butterfly in the world".[3]
Papilio dardanusboth male P. d. antinorii, EthiopiaScientific classificationKingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Papilionidae
Genus:
Papilio
Species:
P. dardanus
Binomial namePapilio dardanus
Brown, 1776[1]
Subspecies
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Synonyms
List
Papilio merope Cramer, 1777Papilio brutus Fabricius, 1781Papilio hippocoon Fabricius, 1793Papilio westermannii Boisduval, 1836Papilio trophonius Westwood, 1842Papilio dionysos Doubleday, 1846Papilio dardanus ab. niobe Aurivillius, 1899Papilio dardanus ab. nioboidesAurivillius, 1899Papilio dardanus heimsi Suffert, 1904Papilio dardanus benio Suffert, 1904Papilio dardanus f. trophonissaAurivillius, 1907Papilio dardanus polytrophus f. alluaudiBoullet & Le Cerf, 1912Papilio f. latemarginatus Schultze, 1913Papilio dardanus f. sirius Reuss, 1921Papilio dardanus ab. crocotus Poulton, 1923Papilio dardanus f. ceneispila Le Cerf, 1924Papilio dardanus f. fagerskioldi Bryk, 1928Papilio dardanus dardanus ab. punctataDufrane, 1933Papilio dardanus dardanus ab. divisaDufrane, 1933Papilio dardanus dardanus ab. bipunctata Dufrane, 1933Papilio dardanus dardanus ab. paradoxa Dufrane, 1946Papilio dardanus dardanus f. completaDufrane, 1946Papilio dardanus dardanus f. subpunctata Dufrane, 1946Papilio dardanus dardanus f. dawantiDufrane, 1946Papilio dardanus dardanus f. impunctata Dufrane, 1946Papilio dardanus dardanus f. jottrandiDufrane, 1946Papilio dardanus dardanus f. extremaDufrane, 1946Papilio dardanus f. semimelas Basquin & Turlin, 1986Papilio dardanus ab. obscura McLeod & McLeod, 2004Papilio antinorii Oberthür, 1883Papilio antinorii ab. niavioides Kheil, 1890Papilio antinorii ab. ruspinae Kheil, 1890Papilio dardanus antinorii var. niavinaHaase, 1891Papilio dardanus antinorii var. alticolaBoullet & Le Cerf, 1912Papilio dardanus hodsoni Poulton, 1926Papilio dardanus hodsoni f. weinholtiPoulton, 1927Papilio dardanus f. zaoditou Ungemach, 1932Papilio dardanus antinorii f. alameituGabriel, 1949Papilio dardanus f. conjunctiflavaStoneham, 1951Papilio dardanus antinorii ab. seriataStorace, 1963Papilio dardanus antinorii morph immaculata Mollet, 1975Papilio dardanus antinorii morph extensinigra Mollet, 1975Papilio dardanus antinorii morph obsoleta Mollet, 1975Papilio dardanus antinorii morph ornataMollet, 1975Papilio dardanus antinorii morph rufomaculata Mollet, 1975Papilio dardanus antinorii morph aurantiaca Mollet, 1975Papilio dardanus antinorii morph apertaMollet, 1975Papilio dardanus antinorii morph depuncta Mollet, 1975Papilio dardanus antinorii morph obscura Mollet, 1975Papilio dardanus antinorii morph parvicaudata Mollet, 1975Papilio dardanus antinorii morph cenaeoides Mollet, 1975Papilio dardanus antinorii morph streckerioides Mollet, 1975Papilio dardanus antinorii morph lambornieoides Mollet, 1975Papilio dardanus antinorii morph niobeoides Mollet, 1975Papilio dardanus antinorii morph salaamioides Mollet, 1975Papilio cenea Stoll, 1790Danais rechila Godart, 1819Papilio cephonius Hopffer, 1866Papilio merpoe tibullus var. hippocoonides Haase, 1891Papilio cenea acene Suffert, 1904Papilio dardanus f. leighi Poulton, 1912Papilio dardanus cenea f. radiataReuss, 1921Papilio dardanus cenea f. natalica Le Cerf, 1924Papilio dardanus cenea f. hypolimnidesLe Cerf, 1924Papilio dardanus cenea f. extensiflavaLe Cerf, 1924Papilio dardanus cenea f. sylvicola van Son, 1949Papilio dardanus cenea f. neoceneaStoneham, 1951Papilio dardanus cenea f. nigricansStorace, 1955Papilio dardanus cenea f. transiensStorace, 1955Papilio dardanus cenea f. aikeni van Son, 1956Papilio dardanus cenea f. infuscata van Son, 1956Papilio dardanus antinorii f. vaccaroiStorace, 1947Papilio dardanus antinorii f. protoniavioides Storace, 1962Papilio dardanus figinii f. protomimaStorace, 1962Papilio humbloti Oberthür, 1888Papilio meriones Felder & Felder,
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Most oftern noticed when walking through bush or grassland
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Cárabo Africano (Strix woodfordii)Observ.
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African Wood Owl
Strix woodfordii
36cm, 14"
Attractive round-headed owl which lacks ear-tufts, with a pale lightly barred facial disc, dark brown eyes and heavily barred rufous-brown and white underparts. HH pairs are common in a wide range of forest and forest edge, woodland, and mature gardens, from sea-level to 2700m. Vo gives a rhythmic oo-hoo-oohu-hu-hu-hu, often replies with identical series on lower tone. also gives a long rising and then falling slurred oo-ooooooo.
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Carpinteros Y Parientes (Familia Picidae)Observ.
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Golden-tail is not distinctive! Both sexes differ from all preceding woodpeckers by streaked (not spotted) underparts, and from the very similar Mombasa Woodpecker by having black throats speckled with white. Imm is similar but has some barring on the flanks and belly. HH locally common in forest, riverine woodland and dense thickets below 2000m. Vo call is a rising and falling slurred tch'waaye, the first note harsh and grating and the remainder nasal and complaining.
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Coeliades anchises ,, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in eastern KwaZulu-Natal, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, from Mozambique to Somalia, and in Ethiopia.
One-pip policemanScientific classificationKingdom:AnimaliaPhylum:ArthropodaClass:InsectaOrder:LepidopteraFamily:HesperiidaeGenus:CoeliadesSpecies:
C. anchises
Binomial nameCoeliades anchises
(Gerstaecker, 1871)[1]
SynonymsIsmene anchises Gerstaecker, 1871Coeliades jucundaIsmene taranis Hewitson, 1876Hesperia jucunda Butler, 1881
The wingspan is 55–70 mm for males and 65–72 mm for females. Adults are on the wing from October to March in southern Africa.[2]
The larvae feed on Triaspis glaucophylla, Dregea angolensis, Marsdenia angolensis, Acridocarpus, Tristellateia and Ficus species.
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Junonia sophiaObserv.
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Junonia sophia, the little commodore or little pansy, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Malawi, and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests and savanna.
Little commodoremale dark form, Kakamega Forest, KenyaScientific classificationKingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Junonia
Species:
J. sophia
Binomial nameJunonia sophia
(Fabricius, 1793)[1]
SynonymsPapilio sophia Fabricius, 1793Precis sophia ab. ferenigra Schultze, 1920Junonia infracta Butler, 1888Precis sophia albida Suffert, 1904Precis sophia ab. leucotincta Strand, 1911Precis sophia f. nigeria Stoneham, 1934
The larvae feed on Paulowilhelmia sclerochiton, Hypoestes verticillaris, Brillantaisa lamium, Sclerochiton paulowilhelmina, Asystasia, Barleria, Justicia, and Ruellia species.
SubspeciesEditJunonia sophia sophia (Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon)Junonia sophia infracta Butler, 1888(Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, eastern Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, western and central Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Malawi, northern Zambia)
J. s. infracta, male white form
Harenna Forest, Ethiopia
J. s. infracta, white form
Kakamega Forest, Kenya
J. s. infracta, dark form
Kakamega Forest, Kenya
Female J. s. sophia
Ghana
ReferencesEdit
^ "Junonia Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Junoniini
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