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LepiMAP:   18429
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2832AD
Observer:   Oschadleus HD
Date of record:   2011-07-10
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   along forest path
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:46
Sp. code:   404990
Species name:   Leptosia alcesta inalcesta
Common name:   African wood white -- Fladderpapiertjie
Family:   PIERIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-18429
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 18429 - photo: 1
VM-number: 18429 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Christopher Willis
Comment:   Not sure, but seems to me the most likely option looking at the overall shape and forest habitat
Date:   2011-07-16 21:31:13
Species name:   Leptosia alcesta inalcesta -- African wood white; Fladderpapiertjie
Species code:   404990

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