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LepiMAP:   789819
Province:  
Country:   Zimbabwe
Locus:   1832BC
Observer:   Liptrot, Mark
Date of record:   2023-04-18
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   couldn't get an underside shot. Ocellus on hind wing not shown in books
Last updated:   2023-07-28 11:10:19
Sp. code:   420170
Species name:   Stygionympha wichgrafi lannini
Common name:   Wichgraf's hillside brown -- Wichgraf-se-rantbruintjie
Family:   NYMPHALIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   wichgraf's hillside brown
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-789819
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 789819 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Fanie Rautenbach
Comment:   Subspecies lannini is characterized by the intrusion of the orange-red patch on the forewing into the yellow ring surrounding the large ocellus. You can clearly see it in your photo. The small eye-spot on the hind wing is sometimes present in certain subspecies such as lannini and also grisea (margate subspecies).
Date:   2023-05-04 12:34:22
Species name:   Stygionympha wichgrafi lannini -- Wichgraf's hillside brown; Wichgraf-se-rantbruintjie
Species code:   420170

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