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LepiMAP:   5241
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2930CA
Observer:   Clulow D.A.
Date of record:   2009-02-13
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   20.15 hrs; about 5.5 ms in length from tail to end of head; 6 cms to include feelers
Last updated:   2021-04-01 17:11:46
Sp. code:   625990
Species name:   Acherontia atropos
Common name:  
Family:   SPHINGIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-5241
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 5241 - photo: 1
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Hermann Staude
Comment:   Acherontia atrops, Sphingidae, Deaths Head Hawk moth
Date:   2009-04-30 13:28:35
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Fanie Rautenbach
Comment:  
Date:   2014-07-18 10:53:55
Species name:   Acherontia atropos
Species code:   625990
Comment number:   3
By:   Hanna Roland
Comment:  
Date:   2021-05-02 08:32:53
Species name:   Acherontia atropos
Species code:   625990

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