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LepiMAP:   21539
Province:   Eastern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3129CB
Observer:   Rijsdijk I M
Date of record:   2011-03-27
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   This looks more like a Squinting Bush Brown, but that would be out of range. Is this, in fact, a Common Bush Brown?
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:46
Sp. code:   415130
Species name:   Melanitis leda
Common name:   Common evening brown -- Skemerbruintjie
Family:   NYMPHALIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Bush Brown unknown
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-21539
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 21539 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Steve Woodhall
Comment:  
Date:   2012-02-14 18:16:32
Species name:   Melanitis leda -- Common evening brown; Skemerbruintjie
Species code:   415130
Comment number:   2
By:   Peter Webb
Comment:  
Date:   2012-02-15 15:52:22
Species name:   Melanitis leda -- Common evening brown; Skemerbruintjie
Species code:   415130

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