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LepiMAP:   18508
Province:   Mpumalanga
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2430DB
Observer:   Sharp I.C. & Sharp A.
Date of record:   2011-05-24
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:46
Sp. code:   472310
Species name:   Borbo detecta
Common name:   Rusty swift -- Koper ratsvlieër
Family:   HESPERIIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-18508
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 18508 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Peter Sharland
Comment:   not 100% sure
Date:   2011-07-24 21:32:54
Species name:   Borbo detecta -- Rusty swift; Koper ratsvlieër
Species code:   472310
Comment number:   2
By:   Andre Coetzer
Comment:   I doubt it is a Rusty Swift, and would rather go for a white-banded swift (Pelopidas thrax)
Date:   2011-09-27 21:46:19
Species name:   Pelopidas thrax -- White-branded swift; Witmerk ratsvlieër
Species code:   472530

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