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LepiMAP:   21598
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2831DB
Observer:   King Chantelle
Date of record:   2012-02-19
Number of photos:   3
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:46
Sp. code:   472280
Species name:   Borbo borbonica borbonica
Common name:   Olive-haired swift -- Groen ratsvlieĆ«r
Family:   HESPERIIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-21598
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 21598 - photo: 1
VM-number: 21598 - photo: 2
VM-number: 21598 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Steve Woodhall
Comment:   Now I can see the underside I know what it is. The colour is unmistakable but the sparsity of underside hindwing black-ringed white spots is unusual
Date:   2012-02-20 17:32:49
Species name:   Borbo borbonica borbonica -- Olive-haired swift; Groen ratsvlieĆ«r
Species code:   472280

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