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LepiMAP:   37272
Province:   Eastern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3226BD
Observer:   Cotterrell Janine
Date of record:   2013-12-07
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   A number of these butterflies were flying around.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:46
Sp. code:   419850
Species name:   Pseudonympha paludis
Common name:   Marsh brown -- Platorand bruintjie
Family:   NYMPHALIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   D'Urban's Brown
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-37272
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 37272 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Fanie Rautenbach
Comment:   Would be a first for VM if confirmed.
Date:   2013-12-15 18:05:05
Species name:   Neita durbani -- Plain large ringlet; Oos Kaapse bergbruintjie
Species code:   419610
Comment number:   2
By:   Steve Woodhall
Comment:   It isn't a Neita, but a Pseudonympha. No underside but I would go for paludis from the upper side and the locality
Date:   2013-12-26 08:53:45
Species name:   Pseudonympha paludis -- Marsh brown; Platorand bruintjie
Species code:   419850

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