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LepiMAP:   16250
Province:   Eastern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3028AD
Observer:   Fiford Graham; Raymond Preston
Date of record:   2011-01-25
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   This lovely Table Mountain Beauty was photographed in the garden of the cottage we were staying in in Rhodes in the Eastern Cape. It was feeding on nectar from the indigenous red hot poker plant and sharing this food source with a pair of malachite sunbirds
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:46
Sp. code:   415230
Species name:   Aeropetes tulbaghia
Common name:   Table mountain beauty -- Bergnooientjie
Family:   NYMPHALIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Table Mountain Beauty
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-16250
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 16250 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Christopher Willis
Comment:  
Date:   2011-02-03 21:46:06
Species name:   Aeropetes tulbaghia -- Table mountain beauty; Bergnooientjie
Species code:   415230
Comment number:   2
By:   Justin Bode
Comment:  
Date:   2012-08-06 10:56:48
Species name:   Aeropetes tulbaghia -- Table mountain beauty; Bergnooientjie
Species code:   415230

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