KFRI - Insect Repository

The KFRI Insect collection serves as a reference collection used by entomologists to identify insect specimens.

The KFRI Insect collection has 40,483 tropical forest insect specimens collected over four decades. Of the insects in the collection, 17484 specimens have been identified, and the rest, 22999, remain unidentified. Significant groups represented in the collection are Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, Diptera, Odonata, Orthoptera, and Hymenoptera.

The insect collection provides identification aids for students and researchers from various colleges and institutions. To solve the taxonomic complexities of insect specimens in the KFRI collection, scientific specimen loan procedures have been initiated for experts from scientific institutions across the country. Recently, five new species of beetles were reported to science from the KFRI Insect Collection.