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LepiMAP:   29197
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3030CB
Observer:   Purves M
Date of record:   2012-03-03
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Caught and eaten by a dragonfly. Video available.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:46
Sp. code:   401360
Species name:   Papilio nireus lyaeus
Common name:   Narrow green-banded swallowtail -- Groenlint-swaelstert
Family:   PAPILIONIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Green-banded Swallowtail
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-29197
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 29197 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Andre Coetzer
Comment:   What a sighting. This must be one of my favourite VM records to date :)
Date:   2013-03-28 10:26:06
Species name:   Papilio nireus lyaeus -- Narrow green-banded swallowtail; Groenlint-swaelstert
Species code:   401360
Comment number:   2
By:   Christopher Willis
Comment:   great pic of a Green-banded Swallowtail taken by an Orange Emperor dragonfly
Date:   2013-03-29 01:00:01
Species name:   Papilio nireus lyaeus -- Narrow green-banded swallowtail; Groenlint-swaelstert
Species code:   401360

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