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LepiMAP:   13834
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3030BB
Observer:   Purves M
Date of record:   2010-08-10
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Smaller than an Ant-heap White. Right wings were broken off on the edges. This specimen \'tussled\' a bit with the specimen in the following record, but the wings were broken before this observed tussle.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:46
Sp. code:   407190
Species name:   Dixeia charina charina
Common name:   African ant-heap white -- Peper witjie
Family:   PIERIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   African Small White?
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-13834
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 13834 - photo: 1
VM-number: 13834 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mark Williams
Comment:  
Date:   2011-05-04 12:59:53
Species name:   Dixeia charina charina -- African ant-heap white; Peper witjie
Species code:   407190
Comment number:   2
By:   Peter Sharland
Comment:  
Date:   2011-05-05 07:00:40
Species name:   Dixeia charina charina -- African ant-heap white; Peper witjie
Species code:   407190

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