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LepiMAP:   576099
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2931CC
Observer:   Dick Warren Keith
Date of record:   2015-07-29
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   I have been told by Steve Woodhall that this species is not usually found in the Durban area, this is a unique record.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:46
Sp. code:   433650
Species name:   Charaxes karkloof karkloof
Common name:   Karkloof charaxes -- Karkloof swartdubbelstert
Family:   NYMPHALIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Karkloof Charaxes
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-576099
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 576099 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Steve Woodhall
Comment:   A really strange record from the Bluff. Miles from the correct habitat. Simon Joubert also thinks it is karkloof. The underside colour is ALMOST right. The discal black line pattern IS right. I need a seconder on this please!
Date:   2015-07-30 18:59:46
Species name:   Charaxes karkloof karkloof -- Karkloof charaxes; Karkloof swartdubbelstert
Species code:   433650

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