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LepiMAP:   10559
Province:   Eastern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3326BC
Observer:   Galpin M.D. & Galpin E.J.
Date of record:   2010-01-13
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   A single specimen seen on a hot calm afternoon close to a rocky ledge at the edge of flat, short grassland/karroid flats
Last updated:   2014-07-16 17:00:58
Sp. code:   459110
Species name:   Aloeides depicta
Common name:   Depicta russet -- Spikkelrand kopervlerkie
Family:   LYCAENIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-10559
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 10559 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Steve Woodhall
Comment:   Too worn for an ID. Aloeides species
Date:   2010-05-04 19:35:34
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Graham Henning
Comment:  
Date:   2012-01-31 12:20:22
Species name:   Aloeides depicta -- Depicta russet; Spikkelrand kopervlerkie
Species code:   459110

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