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LepiMAP:   49464
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2732CD
Observer:   Tippett Ryan Matthew
Date of record:   2014-07-06
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Photographed at night. Sitting on Croton steenkampianus. Sand Forest.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:46
Sp. code:   470760
Species name:   Sarangesa phidyle
Common name:   Small elfin -- Klein kaboutertjie
Family:   HESPERIIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Sarangesa ruona
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-49464
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 49464 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Steve Woodhall
Comment:   S ruona lacks the hyaline spots on the fore wing.
Date:   2014-07-10 18:16:05
Species name:   Sarangesa phidyle -- Small elfin; Klein kaboutertjie
Species code:   470760

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