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LepiMAP:   202
Province:   Northern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3220BC
Observer:   Mecenero S.
Date of record:   2005-12-15
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   0000-00-00 00:00:00
Sp. code:   622590
Species name:   Imbrasia tyrrhea
Common name:  
Family:   SATURNIIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-202
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 202 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Hanna Roland
Comment:   Probably the caterpillar of an Emperor moth. It looks very like the caterpillar of Montanimbrasia tyrrhea (Zigzag Emperor) - of which I have only a black and white drawing. But I am not sure of the species.
Date:   2012-08-29 13:30:00
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Steve Woodhall
Comment:  
Date:   2016-09-21 17:28:50
Species name:   Imbrasia tyrrhea
Species code:   622590
Comment number:   3
By:   Rolf Oberprieler
Comment:   Imbrasia is a paraphyletic group if it includes Gonimbrasia but not Bunaea and others.
Date:   2018-11-19 14:09:40
Species name:   Gonimbrasia tyrrhea
Species code:   667370

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