Specimen locale - Madagascar

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Specimen locale - Madagascar

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Have this info on the back of a carded specimen, but not sure about the second word. "Madagascar Mortmanga" maybe?
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This should be Moramanga, half way between Antananarivo and the East Coast.

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PS. Google Maps is often very useful ;)
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Thanks Adam. I was trying to find something similar on google maps, but didn't see this one.
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When I typed 'Mortmanga, Madagascar' into the Google Maps search box and clicked search it sent me to Moramanga.

The area ~20km+ west of Moramanga town is actually a well known butterfly locality.

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