Atlas of African Lepidoptera

Record details

LepiMAP:   20873
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3418BD
Observer:   Rautenbach F
Date of record:   2012-01-04
Number of photos:   3
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:46
Sp. code:   407590
Species name:   Belenois creona severina
Common name:   African caper white -- Afrikaanse gewone witjie
Family:   PIERIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Unsure with this one. A meadow white?
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-20873
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 20873 - photo: 1
VM-number: 20873 - photo: 2
VM-number: 20873 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Steve Woodhall
Comment:   No doubt - male African Common White; a huge range extension and I think a new record for the reserve.
Date:   2012-01-05 09:50:48
Species name:   Belenois creona severina -- African caper white; Afrikaanse gewone witjie
Species code:   407590
Comment number:   2
By:   Christopher Willis
Comment:   Definitely a new record for the Garden - well done.
Date:   2012-01-05 11:45:19
Species name:   Belenois creona severina -- African caper white; Afrikaanse gewone witjie
Species code:   407590

[ Page served: May 1, 2024, 07:11 +0200]

The Biodiversity and Development Institute (BDI)
and
The FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town
 
This work, except photographs, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Copyright of images uploaded into the Virtual Museum remains with the photographers.

The Biodiversity and Development Institute (BDI)          The Biodiversity and Development Institute (BDI)          The FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology          UCT