Atlas of African Lepidoptera

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LepiMAP:   15330
Province:   Gauteng
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2528CB
Observer:   Webb P
Date of record:   2010-11-27
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   only one, feeding on purple flowers , landed next to me
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:46
Sp. code:   472530
Species name:   Pelopidas thrax
Common name:   White-branded swift -- Witmerk ratsvlieër
Family:   HESPERIIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   swift -not sure ,it is a large butterfly
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-15330
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 15330 - photo: 1
VM-number: 15330 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Steve Woodhall
Comment:   Pity no upperside, but I'll have a stab
Date:   2010-12-14 18:03:32
Species name:   Pelopidas thrax -- White-branded swift; Witmerk ratsvlieër
Species code:   472530
Comment number:   2
By:   Andre Coetzer
Comment:  
Date:   2011-04-24 20:51:18
Species name:   Pelopidas thrax -- White-branded swift; Witmerk ratsvlieër
Species code:   472530

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