Atlas of African Lepidoptera

Record details

   [ Record 26 of 1887 ]   
LepiMAP:   1671
Province:   Limpopo
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2329DD
Observer:   Diedericks G.
Date of record:   2008-03-18
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Several larvae feeding on leaves of a Rhus species overhanging the water
Id status:   Identification pending
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-1671
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 1671 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Andre Coetzer
Comment:   The larvae look very much like Precis larvae but it can also be an Emperor moth. Don't know any Nymphalids that feed on Rhus. The size would have helped.
Date:   2009-05-14 15:53:51
Species name:  
Species code:   0

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