Atlas of African Lepidoptera

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LepiMAP:   1489
Province:   Gauteng
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2528AC
Observer:   Willis C.K.
Date of record:   2008-03-08
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Altitude 1113 m asl. On crater edge. Family Agaristidae. False Tiger moth in the genus Heraclia. Single specimen observed in shade of trees during the afternoon. Spectacular colours for a moth.
Last updated:   0000-00-00 00:00:00
Sp. code:   507010
Species name:   Heraclia superba superba
Common name:  
Family:   NOCTUIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-1489
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 1489 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Hermann Staude
Comment:   Heraclia superba superba, Agaristinae, Noctuidae.
Date:   2009-05-14 15:53:51
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Fanie Rautenbach
Comment:  
Date:   2014-07-18 06:43:45
Species name:   Heraclia superba superba
Species code:   507010

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