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:   724986
Province:   Lusaka Province
Country:   Zambia
Locus:   1528CB
Observer:   Vromant Nico
Date of record:   2020-07-05
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Following Bernaud (acraea.com): (1) sub-apical spot in space 3, (2) spot in space 3 aligned with line running from spot in 1b to spot in 4, while the spot in cell 2 is not on this line but rather nearer the cell. Seemingly a very variable species. Bernaud's distribution map shows earlier observations in Lusaka province.
Last updated:   2020-09-05 07:49:23
Sp. code:   411060
Species name:   Acraea acrita ambigua
Common name:   Fiery acraea -- Vuur-rooitjie
Family:   NYMPHALIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Acraea periphanes
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-724986
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Nico Vromant
Comment:   Some acrita have spot in 3 (http://www.acraea.com/php/photomin.php?index=acrita) - misses the black lines in upperside forewing - so not periphanes
Date:   2020-09-05 07:49:23
Species name:   Acraea acrita ambigua -- Fiery acraea; Vuur-rooitjie
Species code:   411060

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