| Disparctia thomensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Disparctia |
| Species: | D. thomensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Disparctia thomensis | |
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Disparctia thomensis is a moth species of the family Erebidae. It was described by James John Joicey and George Talbot in 1926. It is found on São Tomé Island off the western equatorial coast of Central Africa. [1]
The São Tomé shrew is a white-toothed shrew about 3.0 in (7.6 cm) long found only on São Tomé Island, São Tomé and Príncipe. It is listed as a critically endangered species due to habitat loss and a restricted range. It was discovered in 1886. The population continues to decrease, making these animals rare. It is found only on São Tomé Island, a small island that is actually a shield volcano that rises out of the Atlantic Ocean.
The São Tomé olive pigeon or maroon pigeon is an endangered species of pigeon which is endemic to the island of São Tomé off the coast of western Africa. It was described by José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage in 1888.
The São Tomé, Príncipe, and Annobón forests, also known as the São Tomé, Príncipe, and Annobón moist lowland forests, is a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion that covers the islands of São Tomé and Príncipe, which form the island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe, as well as the island of Annobón, which is part of Equatorial Guinea.
The São Tomé kingfisher is a bird in the family Alcedinidae. It is endemic to São Tomé, an island off the west coast of Africa in the Gulf of Guinea and was first described by the Italian ornithologist Tommaso Salvadori in 1902 under the binomial name Corythornis thomensis. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2008 showed that the São Tomé kingfisher is a subspecies of the malachite kingfisher.
The São Tomé leaf-nosed bat is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is endemic to the island of São Tomé, in the Gulf of Guinea off the western coast of Africa. The bat's natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and caves.
Disparctia is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Hervé de Toulgoët in 1978. The moths in the genus are found in the Afrotropics.
Graphium leonidas, the veined swordtail, veined swallowtail or common graphium, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae, found in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The Obô Natural Park of São Tomé is a natural park of São Tomé and Príncipe, covering 195 km2 (75 sq mi) of the island of São Tomé. It was established in 2006. It has not yet been assigned to an IUCN protected area category. It covers parts of the districts of Caué, Lemba, Lobata and Mé-Zóchi.
Charaxes defulvata is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on the island of São Tomé. The habitat consists of forests. The species of butterfly was named by James John Joicey and George Talbot in 1926.
Charaxes antiquus is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on the island of São Tomé. The habitat consists of forests and woodland. The species was named by James John Joicey and George Talbot in 1926.
Neptis eltringhami is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on São Tomé Island. The species was named by James John Joicey and George Talbot in 1926 after entomologist Harry Eltringham.
Deudorix chalybeata is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found on São Tomé Island.
Podomachla insularis is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by George Talbot in 1929. It is found on São Tomé Island.
Agathodes thomensis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Armando Jacques Favre Castel-Branco in 1973. It is found on São Tomé Island off the west coast of Africa.
Afrocerura cameroona is a moth in the family Notodontidae first described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1927. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon and São Tomé & Principe.
Pthilothamnus thomensis is a species of snakes of the family Colubridae. It is endemic to the island of São Tomé in São Tomé and Príncipe. The species was described in 1882 by José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage.
Thomensis is Latin for "of Thomas" or "of the island of São Tomé". It may refer to several species found on the island and in the surrounding waters:
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