Atlas of African Lepidoptera

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LepiMAP:   681046
Province:  
Country:   Tanzania
Locus:   0336BC
Observer:   donaldson pamela
Date of record:   2014-06-16
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-03-31 18:23:30
Sp. code:   404500
Species name:   Colotis incretus
Common name:  
Family:   PIERIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Colotis auxo auxo Sulphur orange tip
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-681046
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 681046 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Fanie Rautenbach
Comment:   Tricky to distinguish between auxo and incretus. Incretus is larger which one cannot see on a photo. The other difference is that the yellow ground colour of incretus is more deeper compared to auxo which is how this one looks like to me.
Date:   2019-05-06 18:21:54
Species name:   Colotis incretus
Species code:   404500

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