Record details

:   595539
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2930DD
Observer:   Dick Warren Keith
Date of record:   2016-04-27
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   A rather unusual sighting for the Durban area.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:46
Sp. code:   402640
Species name:   Graphium porthaon porthaon
Common name:   Cream striped swordtail -- Kwagga swaardstert
Family:   PAPILIONIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Cream-striped Swordtail
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-595539
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Fanie Rautenbach
Comment:   Yes, this is as far south as they seem to venture on the odd occasion.
Date:   2016-04-30 18:39:40
Species name:   Graphium porthaon porthaon -- Cream striped swordtail; Kwagga swaardstert
Species code:   402640
Comment number:   2
By:   Nico Vromant
Comment:  
Date:   2022-01-11 20:14:07
Species name:   Graphium porthaon porthaon -- Cream striped swordtail; Kwagga swaardstert
Species code:   402640

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