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LepiMAP:   8410
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2930AD
Observer:   Clulow D.A.
Date of record:   2010-04-02
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   smaller butterfly pestering the larger for over 5 minutes (see record 012286 for split); in grasses/flowers on edge of indigenous forest
Last updated:   2020-03-02 19:41:42
Sp. code:   438980
Species name:   Precis octavia sesamus
Common name:   Southern gaudy commodore -- Rooi en blou blaarvlerk
Family:   NYMPHALIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-8410
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 8410 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Steve Woodhall
Comment:  
Date:   2011-02-14 18:39:35
Species name:   Precis octavia sesamus -- Southern gaudy commodore; Rooi en blou blaarvlerk
Species code:   438980

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