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LepiMAP:   615987
Province:   Gauteng
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2528CC
Observer:   Vine Bretton
Date of record:   2017-02-15
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   I think this is a Natal Acraea. There are also blood red ones around but this isn't the same.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:46
Sp. code:   411820
Species name:   Acraea natalica
Common name:   Black-based acraea -- Mosaiek rooitjie
Family:   NYMPHALIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Natal Acraea
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-615987
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 615987 - photo: 1
VM-number: 615987 - photo: 2
VM-number: 615987 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Fanie Rautenbach
Comment:  
Date:   2017-02-19 08:06:14
Species name:   Acraea natalica -- Black-based acraea; Mosaiek rooitjie
Species code:   411820

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