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African Butterfly News! EARLY WINTER EDITION: MAY / JUNE AFRICAN 2017-3 THE BUTTERFLY LEPIDOPTERISTS’ SOCIETY OF AFRICA NEWS LATEST NEWS Welcome to the Early Winter edition of African Butterfly News! You will notice our revamped logo at the top-right of the page, created by Hans Bloemmen, a Belgian artist and a friend of Jan Praet. While we are never going to achieve full consensus on this, I believe the new logo is a considerable improvement on its predecessor. As the logo only includes the abbreviation “LepSoc Africa” it should be accompanied at all times with our full title “The Lepidopterists’ Society of Africa”. There have been several discussions recently regarding a common, English name for Lepidoptera. We have used “Buttermoth” as an interim measure, but this name has attracted a mixed response. LepSoc Africa council have decided to adopt the British approach, referring to all Lepidoptera as Butterflies: the term “moth” will simply disappear. Traditionally a “butterfly” enthusiast might have been exclusively interested in the Papilionidae family; a “moth” devotee might have specialised in Geometridae for example. We are now all merely students of “Butterflies”, in all their diversity! Cream Striped Owl (Cyligramma latona) Please try and assist the Society with this approach: we want was very common in March over large parts of the country to try and make the butterfly / moth division a thing of the past. The new website is up and running and has a fully functional mailing system (http://www.lepsocafrica.org/). Many thanks to Dave and Hanna Edge, who have spent a lot of time setting this up and rationalizing the membership-list and subscriptions payment system. This magazine relies on material from you, the members of LepSoc Africa. Please forward Jeremy Dobson ([email protected]) any news, or photographs that might be of interest. If anyone has ideas regarding future format or content, please feel free to make suggestions. Western Cape Branch meeting Andrew Morton hosted a Western Cape branch meeting on 22 April, which was attended by Andrew, Prof. Henk Geertsema, Len McLeod, Peter Slingsby and his wife, Pat Reavell, Harald Selb, Jonathan Colville, Magriet Brink, Kevin Drummond-Hay and his wife. The meeting featured a talk by Peter Slingsby, discussing his new book, a Field Guide to The Ants of Southern Africa. The book is available online (R295 for South African buyers) at: https://slingsby-maps.myshopify.com/products/ants-of-southern-africa For international buyers, the cost is R495 (including postage), available at: https://slingsby-maps.myshopify.com/products/ants-of-southern-africa-international Andrew discussed latest trips and progress regarding the SALCA project, the BED project and the Biogaps project. Butterflies for Beginners Andre Coetzer organized a “Butterflies for Beginners” course at Walter Sisulu Botanical Gardens on 11th March. The event was well supported, with 26 attendees plus the following LepSoc Africa members: Andre and Bennie Coetzer, Jan and Mercia Praet, Justin and Yolande Bode and Hermann Staude. Two new LepSoc Africa members were signed up and another individual committed to join via the website. The event was publicised on the African Butterflies Facebook page and Andre printed 10 X A3 posters, which were put up at the gardens and at Witkoppen Nursery. The date was set 2 months in advance, necessary for events where the public is involved. The event was free of charge (having a free venue helps – thanks Christopher Willis and Samantha Hargreaves!), but donations were requested. Andre received R800 in donations and spent about R600; the profit will be used for future public-day events. SABCA books were on sale at a discounted price and proved to be a good draw-card. Some feedback from people attending the course was as follows: The identification grid Andre presented worked well All presenters were well prepared and easy to follow The number of breaks was perfect (breaks were held every 1-1.5hrs) Andre had originally planned a walk after the presentations, but there wasn’t time (the talks were interactive, which took up a lot of time). In future, it is proposed to that to hold half-day talks (up to 13:00), combined with half-day walks Andre was requested to present his talk to four other groups (BotSoc, FGASA and 2 private groups): it appears that there is a big demand for this sort of occasion. On Facebook there were several requests for similar events to be held in Cape Town. Neptis Project (Ian Richardson) The last full taxonomic revision of the Neptis of the Afrotropical region was undertaken by Eltringham in 1912. Since then many workers have described new species, often fragmenting species groups like Neptis agatha and Neptis nysiades. Until recently the primary criteria for separating species were wing markings and the form of the genitalia. These two characters though can be exasperatingly contradictory. With the advent of affordable (well, relatively affordable!) DNA sequencing, the taxonomist has a third criterion for determining species boundaries. For the Neptis project, Ian is using mitochondrial DNA barcodes sequenced by BOLD at the University of Guelph in Canada. Generally, it has become apparent that barcode and genitalia agree on species relationships, whilst the wing markings can be misleading in some cases. The barcodes are also revealing new species that had probably been assumed to be just intra-specific variations of a single species. Currently, the main thrust of the project is to review the existing taxa, comprising around 80 species and a further 16 subspecies. Ian is working with Steve Collins and the comprehensive ABRI collection, where fresh specimens are regularly being submitted from tropical Africa. Although the collection includes specimens from East, Central and Southern Africa, this material is often quite old and not suitable for barcoding. In Ian’s experience, specimens over 3 years old have a low probability of yielding a barcode sequence. He is left with a few areas of uncertainty through lack of fresh specimens. For example, he has barcodes for Neptis kiriakoffi from West Africa through to Uganda and for another population in Malawi. But it's uncertain whether this Malawi population is representative of N. kiriakoffi in Zimbabwe and Zambia, or whether it represents a separate species. There's a similar gap with N. morosa from Zambia and Tanzania. Ian requests that LepSoc Africa members visiting the Zimbabwe, Zambia, Tanzania regions, collect and submit specimens to help close these gaps. Any contributions will be acknowledged in the published paper. Please contact Ian Richardson if you are able to assist, or have any queries or suggestions regarding the project ([email protected]). It is not necessary for anyone who wishes to submit Neptis specimens to Ian to identify the species; they should merely include accurate locality information. Andrew Mayer Andrew Mayer, long-time LepSoc Africa member and discoverer of Callioratis mayeri, celebrated his 50th birthday at the Irish Rock Pub and Diner on 8 April. Johan Greyling, Mark Williams, Harald Selb and I tried to ensure that things didn’t get too out of hand. Judging by the photos, it looks like we failed… Justin Bode Justin and Yolande Bode have bought a new house to accommodate their growing family. Andre and Bennie Coetzer, Nina Parry, Peter and Laurie Webb, Colleen and I attended the roof- wetting party Brenton Blue Trust The BBT, which among other things serves as a funding vehicle for various LepSoc Africa projects, will hold its Annual General Meeting at the Brenton on Sea Community Hall on Saturday 27 May 2017. Dave Edge has circulated the latest BBT Newsletter (May 2017). Greenwings Tour (Steve Woodhall) Steve Woodhall hosted a group on a successful photographic butterfly-tour of the northern and eastern parts of the country. A full report will be included in the next Newsletter Himalayas (Jeremy Dobson) Jeremy Dobson took his family on a two-week hiking holiday in Nepal, walking the Everest base- camp trail. The route is fairly strenuous and attains a maximum altitude of about 5 500m - sufficiently high to cause several members to drop out with altitude-related medical problems. The scenery is magnificent however and there are several endemic butterflies in this region. Nepal has more than 600 butterfly (Papilionidae and Hesperiidae) species; those flying above an altitude of 3 000m are Palaearctic in character, including Clouded Yellows, Apollos and Fritillaries. In addition, we visited Shivapuri Park on the outskirts of Kathmandu. At an altitude below 2 000m it contained several widespread Asian butterflies, such as Lacewings (Cethosia) and Crows (Euploea). The two most common butterflies we saw in the Himalayas? The Long-tailed Pea Blue (Lampides boeticus) and Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)! For interest, long-time LepSoc Africa member and Cicada expert Richard Steven completed the Everest Base Camp trail many years ago, before the airport at Lukla and most of the footbridges had been constructed. It would have been a far more arduous undertaking in those days… Great Blackvein Mixed Punch Indian Cabbage White (Metaporia agathon agathon) (Dodona ouida) (Pieris canidia indica) Large Tortoiseshell Orange and Silver Mountain Hopper Chocolate Pansy (Nymphalis xanthomelas fervescens) (Carterocephalus avanti avanti) (Junonia iphita) Zimbabwe Safari (Mark Williams) On 27 April 2017, Jeremy Dobson, Raimund Schutte and I arrived at our guest house, “The Paddocks” [-19.0545 32.7241] on the northern slopes of the Vumba massif at 20:30 after a fifteen hour drive from Gauteng. Our hosts, Nancy and Roger Morgan, told us they had had 1400 mm of rain during the previous week. Next morning this was obvious from the verdant green all around us. And, to boot, lady luck smiled on us and we were to have seven glorious sunny days in a row.
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