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LepiMAP:   24197
Province:   Limpopo
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2428CB
Observer:   Beneke Marita
Date of record:   2012-05-16
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   In garden late afternoon.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:46
Sp. code:   472520
Species name:   Pelopidas mathias
Common name:   Black-branded swift -- Swartmerk ratsvlieër
Family:   HESPERIIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   unknown
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-24197
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 24197 - photo: 1
VM-number: 24197 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Steve Woodhall
Comment:   Could also be P.thrax - and would like independent corroboration
Date:   2012-05-17 06:59:18
Species name:   Pelopidas mathias -- Black-branded swift; Swartmerk ratsvlieër
Species code:   472520
Comment number:   2
By:   Jeremy Dobson
Comment:  
Date:   2012-12-10 17:08:57
Species name:   Pelopidas mathias -- Black-branded swift; Swartmerk ratsvlieër
Species code:   472520

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