Atlas of African Lepidoptera

Record details

LepiMAP:   18
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3318DC
Observer:   Erni B. and Altwegg R.
Date of record:   2007-03-17
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   0000-00-00 00:00:00
Sp. code:   625990
Species name:   Acherontia atropos
Common name:  
Family:   SPHINGIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-18
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 18 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Steve Woodhall
Comment:   This is a larva of Acherontia atropos (Sphingidae) the Death's Head Hawkmoth
Date:   2009-05-14 15:53:51
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Megan Loftie-Eaton
Comment:  
Date:   2015-05-09 15:12:59
Species name:   Acherontia atropos
Species code:   625990
Comment number:   3
By:   Hanna Roland
Comment:  
Date:   2022-03-16 09:26:20
Species name:   Acherontia atropos
Species code:   625990

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