Odonata Atlas of Africa

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OdonataMAP:   48470
Province:   Limpopo
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2330CC
Observer:   Taylor Alf Taylor; Hilary Harrison;
Date of record:   2018-03-13
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   cautiously optimistic on this one. Upper stripe is broad and brown, lower one is yellow curving up towards the rear with a brown intrusion that partly obscures the yellow there ....looks very like the drawing in Tarboton's book.?
Last updated:   2024-05-08 15:08:37
Sp. code:   660110
Species name:   Chlorolestes elegans
Common name:   Elegant Malachite
Family:   Synlestidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Elegant Malachite
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=OdonataMAP-48470
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map | Species text
VM-number: 48470 - photo: 1
VM-number: 48470 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   John Henry Wilkinson
Comment:   Confirmed by Dr Warwick Tarboton
Date:   2018-04-07 18:05:52
Species name:   Chlorolestes elegans -- Elegant Malachite
Species code:   660110

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