Atlas of African Lepidoptera

Record details

LepiMAP:   716380
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3219AA
Observer:   van Dyk Zenobia
Date of record:   2020-04-29
Number of photos:   2
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-04-30 13:08:23
Sp. code:   415130
Species name:   Melanitis leda
Common name:   Common evening brown -- Skemerbruintjie
Family:   NYMPHALIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Unknown
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-716380
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 716380 - photo: 1
VM-number: 716380 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Fanie Rautenbach
Comment:   Good record. These are usually only found in the forest regions of RSA. But every now and again one turns up in a very unexpected place.
Date:   2020-04-30 11:08:23
Species name:   Melanitis leda -- Common evening brown; Skemerbruintjie
Species code:   415130

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