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LepiMAP:   342
Province:   Limpopo
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2431AD
Observer:   Sharp I.C. & Sharp A.
Date of record:   2007-10-27
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   0000-00-00 00:00:00
Sp. code:   466040
Species name:   Lepidochrysops sp.
Common name:  
Family:   LYCAENIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-342
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 342 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Steve Woodhall
Comment:   Most likely to be glauca from the locality; can Messrs Sharp please confirm upperside colour? Was it ice blue or sky blue?
Date:   2009-05-14 15:53:51
Species name:   Lepidochrysops glauca -- Silvery giant cupid; Ysblou ratsbloutjie
Species code:   466520
Comment number:   2
By:   Andre Coetzer
Comment:   I don't think we can accurately ID this specimen without collecting it. I have seen specimens from Pafuri where the upperside colour is between L.glauca and L.patricia.
Date:   2009-05-14 15:53:51
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   3
By:   Steve Woodhall
Comment:  
Date:   2013-07-06 20:06:48
Species name:   Lepidochrysops sp.
Species code:   466040

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