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LepiMAP:   724105
Province:  
Country:   Liberia
Locus:   NW_006010DD
Observer:   Cassell C
Date of record:   2020-08-11
Number of photos:   3
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-08-13 13:20:09
Sp. code:   423260
Species name:   Neptis kiriakoffi
Common name:   Kiriakoff's sailer -- Kiriakoffse swewer
Family:   NYMPHALIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-724105
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 724105 - photo: 1
VM-number: 724105 - photo: 2
VM-number: 724105 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Fanie Rautenbach
Comment:   Neptis genus contains a lot of species that looks very similar to one another. I usually will not ID these to species level. However, this one has many dots and dashes on the forewing cell which is characteristic of N. kiriakoffi.
Date:   2020-08-13 13:20:09
Species name:   Neptis kiriakoffi -- Kiriakoff's sailer; Kiriakoffse swewer
Species code:   423260

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