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LepiMAP:   17142
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3030BB
Observer:   Purves M
Date of record:   2011-03-26
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Two different individuals in photos - one female laying eggs. Female was later captured (on 26 March) and kept in a tub with Asystasia gangetica - and after two or three days had laid several eggs and was let free. The eggs hatched on morning of 31 March 2011 and the larvae started feeding on the Asystasia.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:46
Sp. code:   439300
Species name:   Hypolimnas misippus
Common name:   Common diadem -- Blouglans(m), Na aper(w)
Family:   NYMPHALIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Common Diadem
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-17142
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 17142 - photo: 1
VM-number: 17142 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Steve Woodhall
Comment:  
Date:   2011-04-10 15:30:06
Species name:   Hypolimnas misippus -- Common diadem; Blouglans(m), Na aper(w)
Species code:   439300
Comment number:   2
By:   Peter Webb
Comment:   useful information, hope you have success at taken the larva through.
Date:   2011-04-13 21:57:11
Species name:   Hypolimnas misippus -- Common diadem; Blouglans(m), Na aper(w)
Species code:   439300

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