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LepiMAP:   12348
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2632CD
Observer:   Lerm R.
Date of record:   2009-04-08
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Fed with other butterfly species on Senecio forbs
Last updated:   2014-07-16 17:16:56
Sp. code:   404510
Species name:   Colotis ione
Common name:   Bushveld purple tip -- Bosveld perspuntjie
Family:   PIERIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-12348
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 12348 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Steve Woodhall
Comment:   That's Vernonia centauroides, not Senecio. But a very nice shot!
Date:   2010-05-07 18:35:44
Species name:   Colotis ione -- Bushveld purple tip; Bosveld perspuntjie
Species code:   404510
Comment number:   2
By:   Peter Webb
Comment:  
Date:   2010-05-09 21:27:33
Species name:   Colotis ione -- Bushveld purple tip; Bosveld perspuntjie
Species code:   404510

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