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LepiMAP:   2022
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2829BC
Observer:   Maphisa D.
Date of record:   2008-04-16
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Very territorial and constantly perched on podocarps trees on edge of escarpment forest.
Last updated:   0000-00-00 00:00:00
Sp. code:   437340
Species name:   Charaxes xiphares penningtoni
Common name:   Forest-king charaxes -- Middelande Boskoning dubbelstert
Family:   NYMPHALIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-2022
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 2022 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Andre Coetzer
Comment:   Good one. Males are not that common!
Date:   2009-05-14 15:53:51
Species name:   Charaxes xiphares penningtoni -- Forest-king charaxes; Middelande Boskoning dubbelstert
Species code:   437340
Comment number:   2
By:   Steve Woodhall
Comment:   We need to go there!
Date:   2009-05-14 15:53:51
Species name:   Charaxes xiphares penningtoni -- Forest-king charaxes; Middelande Boskoning dubbelstert
Species code:   437340

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