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LepiMAP:   8131
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2930DB
Observer:   Webb P.
Date of record:   2009-07-17
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   A clear warm winters day, all feeding on Lantana (sterile variety)
Last updated:   2014-07-16 17:16:41
Sp. code:   403790
Species name:   Colotis antevippe gavisa
Common name:   Red tip -- Rooipuntjie
Family:   PIERIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-8131
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 8131 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Andre Coetzer
Comment:   Not sure at all. It is a very strange form.
Date:   2009-08-21 18:24:32
Species name:   Colotis antevippe gavisa -- Red tip; Rooipuntjie
Species code:   403790
Comment number:   2
By:   Harald Selb
Comment:   Dry season form
Date:   2009-08-24 11:52:33
Species name:   Colotis antevippe gavisa -- Red tip; Rooipuntjie
Species code:   403790

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