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LepiMAP:   795369
Province:   Zambezi
Country:   Namibia
Locus:   1724DA
Observer:   Thomson N
Date of record:   2023-10-27
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2023-11-09 14:18:34
Sp. code:   403725
Species name:   Colotis amata williami
Common name:   Topaz arab -- Topaas-arabier
Family:   PIERIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Veined Tip?
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-795369
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 795369 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Fanie Rautenbach
Comment:   This is a Topaz arab. It does not have that brown band on the underside you see in a Veined tip. This particular subspecies only flies in Northern Namibia and Angola.
Date:   2023-11-09 14:18:34
Species name:   Colotis amata williami -- Topaz arab; Topaas-arabier
Species code:   403725

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