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LepiMAP:   717700
Province:   Erongo
Country:   Namibia
Locus:   2214DA
Observer:   Reddig Katharina
Date of record:   2020-05-07
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   There are several of these around for about 3 weeks now at the same location
Last updated:   2020-05-10 09:47:33
Sp. code:   415130
Species name:   Melanitis leda
Common name:   Common evening brown -- Skemerbruintjie
Family:   NYMPHALIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Melanitis leda
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-717700
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 717700 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Fanie Rautenbach
Comment:   Interesting. We also had several records in the past few months in unexpected places (Karoo and West Coast).
Date:   2020-05-10 09:47:33
Species name:   Melanitis leda -- Common evening brown; Skemerbruintjie
Species code:   415130

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