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LepiMAP:   652104
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3030BB
Observer:   Du Plessis Gerrie; Lettie du Plessis
Date of record:   2018-06-29
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Wingspan <35 mm. Photo from underneath to illustrate abdomen colouration and patterns.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:46
Sp. code:   407390
Species name:   Dixeia spilleri
Common name:   Sulphur ant-heap white -- Swaelgeel 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-652104
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 652104 - photo: 1
VM-number: 652104 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Fanie Rautenbach
Comment:   Color of females of the sulphur small white can vary from almost white to as yellow as the male. Also the african small white will not have the yellow edge at the base of the wing which one can see here.
Date:   2018-06-29 11:49:08
Species name:   Dixeia spilleri -- Sulphur ant-heap white; Swaelgeel witjie
Species code:   407390

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