Atlas of African Lepidoptera

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LepiMAP:   656066
Province:   Mpumalanga
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2531AA
Observer:   Grewar Igmar
Date of record:   2017-05-01
Number of photos:   3
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:46
Sp. code:   414940
Species name:   Phalanta phalantha aethiopica
Common name:   African leopard -- Populierluiperd
Family:   NYMPHALIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Leopard Group (Phalanta)
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-656066
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 656066 - photo: 1
VM-number: 656066 - photo: 2
VM-number: 656066 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Fanie Rautenbach
Comment:   If the marginal line of the front wing is solid black it is a forest leopard. Not the case with this one.
Date:   2018-09-05 17:53:47
Species name:   Phalanta phalantha aethiopica -- African leopard; Populierluiperd
Species code:   414940

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