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LepiMAP:   7109
Province:   Limpopo
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2431AD
Observer:   Sharp I.C. & Sharp A.
Date of record:   2009-05-15
Number of photos:   2
Notes:  
Last updated:   2014-07-16 17:06:45
Sp. code:   454330
Species name:   Leptomyrina gorgias gorgias
Common name:   Lilac-based black-eye -- Silwer swartogie
Family:   LYCAENIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-7109
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 7109 - photo: 1
VM-number: 7109 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Steve Woodhall
Comment:   Could just as easily be L.henningi. It's a female and these two are identical in this sex
Date:   2009-06-29 19:49:26
Species name:   Leptomyrina gorgias gorgias -- Lilac-based black-eye; Silwer swartogie
Species code:   454330
Comment number:   2
By:   Andre Coetzer
Comment:   Would also go for L.gorgias, but only because L.henningi is normally associated with hill tops and "highveld grassland" whereas L.gorgias is often found in bushveld and savanha areas.
Date:   2009-07-01 20:02:40
Species name:   Leptomyrina gorgias gorgias -- Lilac-based black-eye; Silwer swartogie
Species code:   454330

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