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LepiMAP:   43847
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3030BC
Observer:   Lindsay Mary Ellen
Date of record:   2014-04-13
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Apologies for poor quality. I only managed to photograph it from afar. As soon as I got close, it flew off.
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:   Forest Leopard / Phalanta eurytis eurytis
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-43847
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 43847 - photo: 1
VM-number: 43847 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Steve Woodhall
Comment:   Pale marks cut the outer marginal line - phalantha
Date:   2014-04-15 18:20:57
Species name:   Phalanta phalantha aethiopica -- African leopard; Populierluiperd
Species code:   414940

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