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LepiMAP:   745043
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2732CD
Observer:   Robinson L
Date of record:   2021-03-16
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2021-04-24 19:59:34
Sp. code:   404510
Species name:   Colotis ione
Common name:   Bushveld purple tip -- Bosveld perspuntjie
Family:   PIERIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Coast Purple Tip_ Colotis erone
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-745043
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 745043 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Fanie Rautenbach
Comment:   They do look very similar. Colotis erone has 3 purple bars + a very small one while C. ione has 4 purple bars + a very small one (as in this case). Also the the tip of the front wing in this case is grey (not black). In C. erone it will be black.
Date:   2021-04-24 19:59:34
Species name:   Colotis ione -- Bushveld purple tip; Bosveld perspuntjie
Species code:   404510

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