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LepiMAP:   28085
Province:  
Country:   Botswana
Locus:   1923CD
Observer:   Myburgh G
Date of record:   2013-01-26
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   photos taken after 7p.m. so initially thought this was twilight/evening brown when spotted 'cos of butterfly size. spot markings have thrown me off and still an apprentice at i.d.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:46
Sp. code:   415130
Species name:   Melanitis leda
Common name:   Common evening brown -- Skemerbruintjie
Family:   NYMPHALIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   ? bush brown ?
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-28085
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 28085 - photo: 1
VM-number: 28085 - photo: 2
VM-number: 28085 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Andre Coetzer
Comment:  
Date:   2013-01-29 14:06:46
Species name:   Melanitis leda -- Common evening brown; Skemerbruintjie
Species code:   415130

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