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LepiMAP:   641743
Province:   Mpumalanga
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2530AD
Observer:   Kennedy D.
Date of record:   2018-02-25
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Why Green-banded? Every one I have seen has been bright bloody blue.
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 Princeps nireus lyaeus
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-641743
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 641743 - photo: 1
VM-number: 641743 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Fanie Rautenbach
Comment:   I will see if I can find out. There are some photo's on the VM of nireus which appears more green but it is the exception. In other parts of Africa nireus is known as the narrow blue-banded swallowtail.
Date:   2018-03-02 09:40:34
Species name:   Papilio nireus lyaeus -- Narrow green-banded swallowtail; Groenlint-swaelstert
Species code:   401360

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