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LepiMAP:   553031
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2930CB
Observer:   Prosser Geoff
Date of record:   2008-04-18
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Ovipositing on Xylotheca kraussiana. Here the brown female form appears to be much less common than the red.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:46
Sp. code:   411440
Species name:   Acraea petraea
Common name:   Blood-red acraea -- Bloed rooitjie
Family:   NYMPHALIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Acraea petraea
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-553031
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 553031 - photo: 1
VM-number: 553031 - photo: 2
VM-number: 553031 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Jeff Crocombe
Comment:  
Date:   2014-10-10 14:19:14
Species name:   Acraea petraea -- Blood-red acraea; Bloed rooitjie
Species code:   411440
Comment number:   2
By:   Fanie Rautenbach
Comment:  
Date:   2014-10-10 17:55:21
Species name:   Acraea petraea -- Blood-red acraea; Bloed rooitjie
Species code:   411440

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