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LepiMAP:   652846
Province:   Southern Province
Country:   Zambia
Locus:   1526CC
Observer:   Vromant Nico
Date of record:   2018-07-07
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Not sure about this one. Genus: Belenois. Species: zochalia or gidica. The near absence of markings on the under wing push me in the direction of zochalia, but I might be wrong. Advice more than welcome. If zochalia... which subspecies?
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:46
Sp. code:   407630
Species name:   Belenois gidica abyssinica
Common name:   African veined white -- Laeveldwitjie
Family:   PIERIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Belenois zochalia
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-652846
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 652846 - photo: 1
VM-number: 652846 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Fanie Rautenbach
Comment:   Dry season form of gidica also has very few markings on underside.
Date:   2018-07-12 14:34:33
Species name:   Belenois gidica abyssinica -- African veined white; Laeveldwitjie
Species code:   407630

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