Glauconycteris argentata (Dobson, 1875)

Chalinolobus argentatus Dobson, 1875: 385 .

COMMON NAME. — English: Common Butterfly Bat. French: Glauconyctère argentée.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 2 specimens.

Other localities of Cameroon • 1 specimen; Ayos; Reichenow Anton leg.; ZMB 67657 • 1♀; Ndian River; 4°45’00”N, 8°44’00”E; Sjöstedt Yngve Bror leg.; ZMB 6946a .

ORIGINAL DATA. — This species was not netted during our field surveys, but was previously recorded from Mount Cameroon by Eisentraut (1973).

HABITATS AND DISTRIBUTION. — This species is distributed in Central and East Africa from Cameroon through Uganda to northwestern Angola. Happold (2013j) indicated that this species inhabits rainforest habitats, miombo woodland and coastal forests where it roosts in vegetation.