List of INSECTA species in Cameroon



This is a list of INSECTA in Cameroon according to the IUCN Red List.

This list was last updated 2019-09-14

 

This list contains only species that have been assessed for the IUCN Red List. It is therefore not representative of all the species in the country.

Species counts by country: Total | Amphibians | Birds | Fish | Mammals | Reptiles | Vascular Plants.

scientific_namecommon_nametaxonidcategory
Hypolycaena coerulea Shining Fairy Hairstreak 159779 LC
Pseudaletis arrhon 159810 DD
Pseudaletis melissae Melissa's Fantasy 160002 DD
Horatosphaga crosskeyi Nigerian Leaf Katydid 107460876 LC
Thermoniphas stempfferi 160111 DD
Microgomphus zebra Zebra Scissortail 56142223 DD
Gymnopleurus bicolor 137734 DD
Notogomphus cobyae Coby's Longleg 84380202 DD
Bebearia phantasiella Fantasiella 160306 LC
Torbenia larseni Larsen’s Glasswing 160548 LC
Euriphene obani Oban Nymph 160588 LC
Neurogomphus fuscifrons 158570 LC
Libyogomphus mamfei Cameroon Horntail 158573 DD
Trithemis basitincta 158574 LC
Ornipholidotos goodgerae 160557 DD
Malgassophlebia westfalli Dark Leaftipper 158588 LC
Hewitsonia beryllina Green Tiger Blue 160640 DD
Umma mesumbei Cameroon Sparklewing 158605 EN
Azuragrion buchholzi Forest Azuret 158607 LC
Colotis protomedia Yellow Splendour 160742 LC
Trithemis osvaldae Sombre Dropwing 158557 LC
Anthene lusones Large Red Spot Ciliate Blue 160874 LC
Pentaphlebia stahli Red Relic 169193 VU
Sapho puella Clearwing 169197 EN
Umma purpurea Purple Sparklewing 169198 EN
Africocypha lacuselephantum Kaleidoscope Jewel 169200 LC
Africocypha centripunctata Banded Jewel 169202 EN
Iolaus sciophilus Dark Jewel Sapphire 161009 LC
Pseudagrion risi Cameroon Sprite 169212 LC
Diastatomma tricolor 169224 LC
Neodythemis takamandensis Bizarre Junglewatcher 169241 LC
Nubiolestes diotima African Twigtail 169250 LC
Allocnemis contraria Red-backed Yellowwing 169256 LC
Neurogomphus agilis 184276 DD
Tragogomphus aurivillii 169239 LC
Trithemis legrandi Robust Dropwing 84381284 LC
Allocnemis vicki 84379452 EN
Chlorocypha neptunus Dull Jewel 184194 VU
Aethiothemis incongruens 184205 LC
Phyllomacromia caneri 184208 LC
Notogomphus maryae 184216 DD
Microgomphus camerunensis 184223 LC
Amietina larrochei 176041 DD
Elattoneura pruinosa 184236 LC
Phyllomacromia bicristulata 184243 LC
Allocnemis eisentrauti 184274 DD
Chlorocypha aurora Dawn Jewel 84379630 CR
Copera rufipes 184305 LC

 

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Species are classified by the IUCN Red List into nine groups:
  • Extinct (EX) – beyond reasonable doubt that the species is no longer extant.
  • Extinct in the wild (EW) – survives only in captivity, cultivation and/or outside native range, as presumed after exhaustive surveys.
  • Critically endangered (CR) – in a particularly and extremely critical state.
  • Endangered (EN) – very high risk of extinction in the wild, meets any of criteria A to E for Endangered.
  • Vulnerable (VU) – meets one of the 5 red list criteria and thus considered to be at high risk of unnatural (human-caused) extinction without further human intervention.
  • Near threatened (NT) – close to being at high risk of extinction in the near future.
  • Least concern (LC) – unlikely to become extinct in the near future.
  • Data deficient (DD)
  • Not evaluated (NE)