Xylocalyx aculeolatus

Xylocalyx aculeolatus

This Xylocalyx aculeolatus seemed well passed flowering, so I missed the only flower - seen as a purple blob, just below the cissus subaphylla branch at the…


Scintharista forbesii

Scintharista forbesii

Elevation: 479 meters.


Lindenbergia sokotrana

Lindenbergia sokotrana

Lindenbergia sokotrana is commonly seen in rocky places and plains below around 700 meters elevation. It is endemic to Socotra. Elevation: 16 meters.


Lindenbergia sokotrana

Lindenbergia sokotrana

Lindenbergia sokotrana is commonly seen in in rocky places, on boulders and plains below around 700 meters elevation. Elevation: 16 meters. It is endemic to…


Socotra Joker (Byblia anvatara ssp. boydi)

Socotra Joker (Byblia anvatara ssp. boydi)

One of many species of butterflies found on Socotra. Native range is Africa up to the Arabian peninsula. Elevation: 554 meters.