Odonata Atlas of Africa

Record details

OdonataMAP:   26177
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3030BB
Observer:   Small Christopher Peter
Date of record:   2016-12-02
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Highland Spreadwing
Last updated:   2022-02-02 19:05:11
Sp. code:   660220
Species name:   Lestes sp.
Common name:   true spreadwings
Family:   Lestidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=OdonataMAP-26177
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 26177 - photo: 1
VM-number: 26177 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Alan Manson
Comment:   Colours on thorax look like virgatus, but claspers look like plagiatus - bad angle?
Date:   2016-12-12 21:38:23
Species name:   Lestes sp. -- true spreadwings
Species code:   660220

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