Atlas of African Lepidoptera

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LepiMAP:   939
Province:   Limpopo
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2431AD
Observer:   Sharp I.C. & Sharp A.
Date of record:   2008-01-01
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   The larva of the Common Joker collected on stinging nettle ( Tragia rupestris) and the resultant chrysalis.
Last updated:   0000-00-00 00:00:00
Sp. code:   408530
Species name:   Byblia ilithyia
Common name:   Spotted joker -- Leliegrasvegter
Family:   NYMPHALIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-939
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 939 - photo: 1
VM-number: 939 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Steve Woodhall
Comment:  
Date:   2009-05-14 15:53:51
Species name:   Byblia anvatara acheloia -- African joker; Tolliegrasvegter
Species code:   408500
Comment number:   2
By:   Andre Coetzer
Comment:   Could be either of the 2 jokers but because I assume the photographer saw the emerged butterfly.
Date:   2009-05-14 15:53:51
Species name:   Byblia ilithyia -- Spotted joker; Leliegrasvegter
Species code:   408530

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